M. E. Kerr (1927–2022)
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About the Author
Marijane Meaker (born May 27, 1927) is an American novelist and short story writer in several genres using different pen names. Using her own observations of lesbians in the 1950s and 1960s, she wrote a series of nonfiction books as Ann Aldrich from 1955 to 1972. In 1972 she switched genres and pen mostrar mais names once more to begin writing for young adults, and became quite successful as M.E. Kerr, producing over 20 novels and winning multiple awards including the American Library Association's lifetime award for young-adult literature, the ALA Margaret Edwards Award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Marijane Meaker
Séries
Obras de M. E. Kerr
Sudden Endings 5 cópias
Far From Home 1 exemplar(es)
A Guide to the Hangover 1 exemplar(es)
on the edge 1 exemplar(es)
Great Expectations [short story] — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965 (2005) — Contribuinte — 173 cópias
No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices (1997) — Contribuinte — 138 cópias
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (1995) — Contribuinte — 90 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Meaker, Marijane Agnes
- Outros nomes
- James, Mary
Packer, Vin
Meaker, M. J.
Aldrich, Ann - Data de nascimento
- 1927-05-27
- Data de falecimento
- 2022-11-21
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Auburn, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Springs, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- cardiopulmonary arrest
- Locais de residência
- East Hampton, New York, USA
- Educação
- Vermont Junior College
University of Missouri
Stuart Hall School - Ocupação
- novelist
short story writer
literary agent - Relacionamentos
- Highsmith, Patricia (lover)
- Premiações
- Publishing Triangle (Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1998)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (1993) - Pequena biografia
- Born in Auburn, New York.
Membros
Discussions
Parrot named L'orange and planet that doesn't sleep em Name that Book (Janeiro 2019)
90s book about teen reporter or detective I thought was called Fell, but not sure em Name that Book (Setembro 2017)
YA or adult, 1990s, middle-class guy dates classy rich girl em Name that Book (Junho 2012)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 73
- Also by
- 18
- Membros
- 3,846
- Popularidade
- #6,588
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 76
- ISBNs
- 334
- Idiomas
- 6
- Favorito
- 1
Review of the Kindle eBook edition (2022) of the Gold Medal Book paperback original (1952)
Spring Fire was Marijane Meaker's (writing under the pseudonym Vin Packer) pulp paperback about a lesbian romance between sorority sisters in 1952. The repressive atmosphere of that era had Meaker's publishers require that the romance should fail and be a cause of regret afterwards.
That is in contrast to the ending of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian romance (writing as Claire Morgan) The Price of Salt, also published in 1952, which was more optimistic. Meaker's book is more explicit about the physical romance however, with Highsmith being more restrained.
See cover at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Spring_Fire_Cover_First_Edition.j...
The cover of the Gold Medal Books paperback original (1952). Image sourced from Wikipedia.
Although my 2022 Kindle edition shares the cover design of the 2004 Cleis paperback & ebook Spring Fire, it does not include Marijane Meaker's then newly written introduction in which she apparently wrote that she was embarrassed about having the book republished, although it still stands as a breakthrough work for lesbian literature.
I read Spring Fire as an addendum to my recent Patricia Highsmith binge. Meaker and Highsmith were also involved in a earlier relationship about which Meaker later wrote a memoir Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950's (2003).
Trivia and Links
You can read Marijane Meaker's (1927-2022) obituary in The New York Times here.
You can read further about the background to the original publication of Spring Fire at Literary Ladies Guide by Francis Booth, March 21, 2021.
Marijane Meaker was interviewed for the Patricia Highsmith documentary film Loving Highsmith (2022) directed by Eva Vitija. You can see several excerpts of Meaker's interview in the trailer for the film here (she first says: "Pat was more dedicated than any writer I had ever met. Certainly she was very famous when I met her.").… (mais)