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Michelle Mercer

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http://www.michellemercer.com/

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Nonfiction

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March 2010

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In addition to producing regular essays and reports for National Public Radio, Michelle is the author of Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter (Penguin) and Will You Take Me As I Am (Simon & Schuster). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Village Voice and numerous magazines. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil, Vermont Studio Center, and Anderson Center for the Arts. Michelle holds an MFA in Literature and Writing from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She lives with her husband in Colorado.

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Books by Michelle Mercer

Average rating: 3.37 · 203 ratings · 55 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period 3.17 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter 4.02 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:

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Michelle Mercer gave to: Great House by Nicole Krauss	My rating:
May 10, 2012 07:57am
Michelle Mercer liked Chantal's review of Will You Take Me As I Am: " Loved! Loved! Loved! "
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Michelle Mercer gave to: Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman	My rating:
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Michelle Mercer liked Paula Warnken's review of Will You Take Me As I Am: " An an interesting and entertaining book about Joni Mitchell's Blue Period, from 1971 to 1976, beginning when she recorded Blue and ending with her recording of Hejira. Written by NPR contributor Michelle Mercer the book interweaves stories about J... " Read more of this review »
Jan 26, 2012 04:27pm · see review
Michelle Mercer gave to: Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
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Michelle Mercer gave to: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart	My rating:
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Michelle Mercer gave to: Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry by Jane Hirshfield (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Michelle Mercer gave to: Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan	My rating:
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Michelle Mercer gave to: Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period by Michelle Mercer (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Michelle Mercer gave to: Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter by Michelle Mercer (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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