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I was born in Chicago and, though I have lived in New York for many years, my roots are still in the Midwest and many of my stories are set there. As a writer my closest influences are Willa Cather and F. Scott Fitzgerald. I travel as much as I can and travel fuels everything I do. When I travel, I keep extensive journals which are handwritten and include watercolors, collage as well as text. All my writing begins in these journals. I tend to move between fiction and nonfiction. My last book, THE RIVER QUEEN, took me down the Mississippi River with two crazy river pilots, named Tom and Jerry. Now I am returning to the world of stories where my writing began.




It began simply enough. Last month in LA. A mother/daughter outing to a nail salon in Little Tokyo. A quiet Friday afternoon, nothing out of the ordinary. We anticipated an easy in and out. I was going to go with my usual mauve type color but Kate made a face. I picked up a bottle of blue. "This is pretty," I said. "Go with it," my daughter said. "Try something new." We agreed. I was going to... read more »
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Average rating: 3.70 · 1,300 ratings · 210 reviews · 52 distinct works
Nothing to Declare: Memoirs...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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The River Queen
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Songs in Ordinary Time
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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Maiden Voyages: Writings Of...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1993
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Wall to Wall: From Beijing ...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions
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Acts of God: A Novel
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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House Arrest
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Revenge: A Novel
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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The waiting room.
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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A Mother's Love
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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I wasn't planning on getting so engrossed in this book, but I sure am. Not something I'd want to write (too much research required), but definitely worth the read.
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn
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It's not perfect but he's a real writer and it shows on every page. I loved it. Stayed with him and his story. In that really classic sense I learned to care for Nick as a character.
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Curious to hear what other people think. I like the writing, the coming of age story, but am waiting for someone to happen. It doesn't compare to say Old Filth, which I love.
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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I didn't think I'd want to lug around a 900 page book (and I do have a kindel), but I am lugging it around and love its great big expansive, spooky, somehow it all means something read. Very Murakami. Very much about the human heart. Love it.
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More of Mary's books…
Marcel Proust
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust

Henry Miller
“Voyages are accomplished inwardly.”
Henry Miller

Anne Frank
“Memories mean more to me than dresses.”
Anne Frank

Henry James
“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”
Henry James

Margaret Atwood
“Writing of the narrative kind, and perhaps all writing, is motivated deep down, by a fear or and fascination with mortality - by a desire to make the risky trip to the underworld and to bring something or someone back from the dead. ”
Margaret Atwood

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message 5: by Saxon

Saxon Henry Hi Mary:

Glad to be connected. I listed your site on my blog http://theroadtopromise.blogspot.com/

Saxon


message 4: by Mary

Mary Morris I am good. At Kate's graduation this weekend, then back in NYC. Yes, come see me in NY. We'll have lunch at MOMA!


message 3: by Beth

Beth Loved seeing your books here today — we have the exact same taste. I LOVED March, I thought OK was spectacular (and I met her at Swarthmore recently) and had the same reaction to Brief Wondrous.

HOw are you doing?


message 2: by Beth

Beth Hello, Miss Mary. So glad to see you here. And I have tucked into your head my desire to come see you and your kind invitation regarding the same. I await spring and a long-hoped for trip to NYC.


message 1: by Mary

Mary Morris Margaret wrote: "Hi, Mary! Found a wonderful paper describing the library of Pope Sixtus IV the other day, and am about to incorporate some of the details into a scene. Hope your writing is going well, too."


Hi Margaret, nice to hear from you. You know this student of mine has set up an online classroom for me with my private class and I'm thinking of doing the same for our Key West group. What do you think??? All I'm reading is school work these days, alas! I need something good. hope you are well. Mary



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