Frances Mayes




Frances Mayes

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female

place of birth
Fitzgerald, Georgia, The United States

genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Poetry


about this author

Frances Mayes (born 1940) is an American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist.

Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and raised in south central Georgia, Mayes attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and obtained her BA from the University of Florida. In 1975 she earned her MA from San Francisco State University, where she eventually became Professor of Creative Writing, director of The Poetry Center, and chair of the Department of Creative Writing.

Mayes has published several works of poetry: Climbing Aconcagua (1977), Sunday in Another Country (1977), After Such Pleasures (1979), The Arts of Fire (1982), Hours (1984), and Ex Voto (1995). In 1996 she published the book Under the...more




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avg rating: 3.50 | 31,134 ratings | 1,222 reviews | 30 distinct works | 13 fans
Under the Tuscan Sun Under the Tuscan Sun
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.50 — 28,489 ratings — published 1996
20 editions
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Bella Tuscany Bella Tuscany
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.57 — 789 ratings — published 1999
12 editions
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A Year in the World: Journeys... A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.33 — 604 ratings — published 2006
15 editions
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In Tuscany In Tuscany
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.66 — 156 ratings — published 2000
3 editions
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Swan Swan
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.25 — 106 ratings — published 2002
12 editions
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Bella Tuscany & Under the Tusc... Bella Tuscany & Under the Tuscan Sun (2 Book Set)
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.81 — 75 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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The Discovery of Poetry: A Fie... The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.87 — 45 ratings — published 2001
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Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuou... Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 3.57 — 47 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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The Best American Travel Writi... The Best American Travel Writing 2002
by Frances Mayes (Editor), Jason Wilson (Series Editor)
avg rating 3.32 — 25 ratings — published 2002
4 editions
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After such pleasures After such pleasures
by Frances Mayes
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1979
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"There is no technique, there is just the way to do it.
Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?"
Frances Mayes (Under the Tuscan Sun)
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"Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come."
Frances Mayes (In Tuscany)
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"Where is it written that houses must be beige? Any dun colored house would look better if painted pineapple, cream, ochre, or even a smart sage."
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