Mary Fell

Mary Fell (born September 22, 1947 Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American poet and academic.

Life

She graduated from Worcester State College majoring in English and it was here that she first became interested in poetry. Fell and fellow poet Fran Quinn toured local schools teaching poetry, starting in 1975. She earned her MFA in 1981 and received the Indiana University Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2001. She teaches English at Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana and continues with her writing. ^[1]

Awards

• 1983 National Poetry Series, for The Persistence of Memory

Work

• The Persistence of Memory. 1983. ISBN 9780394723631. http://capa.conncoll.edu/fell.persistence.html. 
• The Triangle fire: a poem. Shadow Press, U.S.A.. 1983. ISBN 9780937724026.  (chapbook)
• Fran Quinn, Mary Fell (1991). Worcester in sunlight and darkness. Worcester County Poetry Association. 

References

1. ^ http://www.iue.edu/hss/english/people.php

External links

• Biography, Works and Photos at the Worcester Writers' Project
• "An Essay about Triangle Fire Poetry", Modern American Poery, Janet Zandy

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