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Mary Glickman

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January 05, 1949 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, The United States

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Literature & Fiction

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I.B. Singer, Honoré de Balzac, Pierre Louys, Colette, Flannery O'Conno ...more

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Born Mary Kowalski on the south shore of Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Glickman grew up the fourth of seven children in a traditional Irish-Polish Catholic family. Her father had been a pilot in the Army Air Force and later flew for Delta Air Lines. From an early age, Mary was fascinated by faith. Though she attended Catholic school and as a child wanted to become a nun, her attention eventually turned to the Old Testament and she began what would become a lifelong relationship with Jewish culture. “Joseph Campbell said that religion is the poetry that speaks to a man’s soul,” Mary has said, “and Judaism was my soul’s symphony.”

In her twenties, Mary traveled in Europe and explored her passion for writing, composing short stories and poetry. R...more Born Mary Kowalski on the south shore of Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Glickman grew up the fourth of seven children in a traditional Irish-Polish Catholic family. Her father had been a pilot in the Army Air Force and later flew for Delta Air Lines. From an early age, Mary was fascinated by faith. Though she attended Catholic school and as a child wanted to become a nun, her attention eventually turned to the Old Testament and she began what would become a lifelong relationship with Jewish culture. “Joseph Campbell said that religion is the poetry that speaks to a man’s soul,” Mary has said, “and Judaism was my soul’s symphony.”

In her twenties, Mary traveled in Europe and explored her passion for writing, composing short stories and poetry. Returning to the United States, she met her future husband, Stephen, a lawyer, and with his encouragement began to consider writing as a career. She enrolled in the Masters in Creative Writing program at Boston University, under the poet George Starbuck, who encouraged her to focus on fiction writing. While taking an MFA class with the late Ivan Gold, Mary completed her first novel, Drones, which received a finalist award from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities but was never published.

Mary also began a career as a freelance writer working with nonprofit organizations on projects ranging from a fund-raising campaign for the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center to an instructional video for the National Scoliosis Foundation’s screening project. Mary and Stephen married in 1978. Mary made a full conversion to Judaism and later worked as treasurer/secretary for her synagogue.

The origins of her love for all things Southern arose from a sabbatical year. In 1987, Mary and Stephen first traveled to the south of Spain, soaking in the life of a fishing village called La Cala. After seven months abroad and, hoping to extend their time away, they sought a warm—and more affordable—locale. The romance of Charleston, South Carolina, its Spanish moss, antebellum architecture, and rich cultural life beckoned.

Settling into a rented house on Seabrook Island, Mary fell in love with the people, language, and rural beauty of her new home. Following a lifelong desire to ride horses, Mary took a position mucking the stalls at the local equestrian center and embraced riding, finding her match in an Appaloosa named King of Harts. The sabbatical ended and the couple returned to life in Boston, but the passion for Southern culture remained with them. They were able to return permanently to Seabrook Island in 2008, where they currently reside with their cats and an elderly King of Harts.
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Average rating: 3.46 · 335 ratings · 90 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Home in the Morning 3.32 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	My rating:
	One More River 3.77 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Home in the Morning: Kindle AV Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Mary liked Mike Davis's review of One More River: " Glickman has written this semi-historical, fictional novel incorporating elements of class, racial and ethnic bias and the resultant struggles and inevitable ostracism. The written style is chronological ping-pong in which the protagonist sets out... " Read more of this review »
May 22, 2012 07:58am · see review
Mary liked Kfcweeks's review of One More River: " Loved the glimpse into the deep South of the 1960s and earlier. I have read Mary Glickman's earlier book and getting more information on the Sassaport and Levy families was enlightening. "
May 22, 2012 07:58am · see review
Mary liked Don's review of One More River: " One More River is a must read. The author skillfully moves use back and forth through the decades of the early 1900's through the 1960's without losing continuity of the story. The written dialect is as engrossing as the story. "
May 22, 2012 07:58am · see review
Mary liked Jade Hankes's review of One More River: " Posted at my blog Chasing Empty Pavements The blurb had me interested the moment I saw that the setting was Mississippi and the time period was the 1960's. I love the south and I love reading about that time period. The Good: Where do I start? The b... " Read more of this review »
May 22, 2012 07:58am · see review
Mary made a comment on Beth's review of Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World "This one interests me, Beth. Looking forward to hearing your assessment. "
May 13, 2012 01:52pm · see review
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Mary made a comment on Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World — Dewey "Beth, I'm a cat person and my sister is a cat whisperer. I generally mistrust animal books like this, as you apparently did also. But now, I've got so...more "
Mar 01, 2012 04:55pm
Mary said "yes" to attending the event: 12th Annual JCC Book Festivbal - Book Lovers Luncheon date: December 06, 2011 12:00PM location: New Orleans Jewish Community Center, Goldring/Woldenberg Metairie Jewish Campus 3747 West Esplanade, Metairie, LA, The United States description: Book Lovers Luncheon with Mary Glickman, author of HOME IN THE MORNING and ONE MORE RIVER.
Nov 27, 2011 08:42am
Mary gave to: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) read in November, 2011	My rating:
This book should be required reading during Black History Month in classrooms nationwide. A treasure of reportage of a movement - the African American Diaspora from the American South to it's North and West - that is generally overshadowed by studies...more
Nov 17, 2011 11:01am · see review
Mary gave to: Night Swim by Jessica Keener	My rating:
I'm surprised anyone would give this excellent story, an excerpt from or the inspiration for a novel, one star. It drew me in and gave me that sought-after taste of what comes next without defining exactly what that might be. Piquant indeed.
Sep 27, 2011 02:07pm · see review