Hershman, Marcie

views updated

HERSHMAN, Marcie

HERSHMAN, Marcie. American, b. 1951. Genres: Novels, Autobiography/Memoirs, Essays. Career: Boston Globe, Boston, book reviewer/arts correspondent, 1975-82; Tufts University, Medford, MA, lecturer in English, 1981-. Emerson College, Boston, instructor in MFA writing program, 1982-98; Bunting Institute/Radcliffe College, Cambridge, fellow in fiction, 1992-93; PEN/New England, Boston, Executive Board, 1997-2003; Warren Wilson College, MFA writing program, 1998; Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, faculty, 1998-; Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Fannie Hurst Writerin-Residence, 1999-2001; University of Minnesota/Split Rock Arts, on-line mentor, 2003-. Residencies at Yaddow and MacDowell; judge for writing awards and contests. Publications: Tales of the Master Race (novel), 1991; Safe in America (novel), 1995; Speak to Me (memoir), 2001. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to periodicals. Address: c/o English Dept, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, U.S.A. Online address: marcie.hershman@tufts.edu

More From encyclopedia.com