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Name
  
Mary Fell

Role
  
Poet

Awards
  
National Poetry Series


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Born
  
September 22, 1947 (age 76) (
1947-09-22
)

Education
  
Worcester State University

Books
  
The Persistence of Memory: Poems

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

Contents

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 is Professor Emerita of English at Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana and continues with her writing.

Awards

  • 1983 National Poetry Series, for The Persistence of Memory
  • Work

  • The Persistence of Memory. 1983. ISBN 978-0-394-72363-1. 
  • The Triangle fire: a poem. Shadow Press, U.S.A. 1983. ISBN 978-0-937724-02-6.  (chapbook)
  • References

    Mary Fell Wikipedia