Mary Robison

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in Washington, D.C., The United States

January 14, 1949

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Mary Robison is an American short story writer and novelist. She has published four collections of stories, and four novels, including her 2001 novel Why Did I Ever, winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction. Her most recent novel, released in 2009, is One D.O.A., One on the Way. She has been categorized as a founding "minimalist" writer along with authors such as Amy Hempel, Frederick Barthelme, and Raymond Carver. In 2009, she won the Rea Award for the Short Story.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 1,192 ratings · 210 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors

	Why Did I Ever 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One D.O.A., One on the Way 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me 30 Stories 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amateurs Guide to Night 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh! (Nonpareil Book, 50.) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Subtraction 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1991	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Believe Them: Stories by Mary Robison, Mary Robinson 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days: Stories 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro by Jeffrey Eugenides (Editor), Harold Brodkey, William Trevor 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,734 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Something else that makes me angry is that I got too old to prostitute myself. I wasn't going to anyway but it was there, it was my Z plan.”
― Mary Robison, Why Did I Ever

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“He wanted to tell her, from the greater perspective he had, that to own only a little talent, like his, was an awful, plaguing thing; that being only a little special meant you expected too much, most of the time, and liked yourself too little. He wanted to assure her that she had missed nothing”
― Mary Robison

tags: expectation, life, talent

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“You know, up until later on today, I never really knew how to drink.”
― Mary Robison, One D.O.A., One on the Way

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