Marilyn Krysl

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Marilyn Krysl


Born
in Kansas, The United States
February 26, 1942

Died
July 04, 2024

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Marilyn Krysl is an American poet, short story writer, and activist. She has published four collections of stories, and seven volumes of poetry. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, The New Republic, Best American Short Stories 2000, O. Henry Prize Stories, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. Her collection of short fiction, DINNER WITH OSAMA, won Notre Dame’s 2008 Sullivan Prize, and Foreword Magazine’s 2008 Book of the Year Bronze Medal. She has taught ESL in the People's Republic of China, served as Artist in Residence at the Center for Human Caring in Denver, worked as an unarmed bodyguard for Peace Brigade International in Sri Lanka, and volunteered at the Kalighat Home for the Destitute and Dying administered by Mother Ter ...more

Average rating: 4.18 · 78 ratings · 12 reviews · 15 distinct works
How to Accommodate Men

4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
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Dinner With Osama

3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Soulskin: . (NATIONAL LEAGU...

4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996
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Warscape, with Lovers (CSU ...

4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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Midwife and Other Poems on ...

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989
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What we have to live with (...

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Honey, you've been dealt a ...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Swear the Burning Vow

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009
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Yes, There Will Be Singing

2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Diana Lucifera

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983
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