Maureen Brady Explained

Maureen Brady (born June 7, 1943) is an American writer, editor and educator. She is best known for her novels[1] Ginger's Fire, Folly,[2] and Give Me Your Good Ear.[3] [4] [5] [6] She currently lives and works in New York City and Woodstock, NY.

Personal life

Brady was born on June 7, 1943, in Mount Vernon, New York and spent her adolescence in Florida. She practised as a physical therapist and also taught physical therapy at Russell Sage College, Troy, New York. In 1977, she attended a New School workshop in writing which gave her the confidence to begin writing.[7] She currently lives in New York with her partner, Martha.[8]

Career

In 1982, she wrote the novel Folly out of a desire to cast a woman who was an outsider in her community splintered by racism, homophobia, patriarchy and capitalism as a hero.[9] The novel focuses on a workers strike of North Carolina garment workers with various sub-plots about the diverse set of characters lives in a segregated town.[10] The novel has been described as "pro-labor, feminist, anti-racist, queer positive."[2] In 1994, it was reprinted as a classic by The Feminist Press.[11]

Brady has received awards and fellowships from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, the New York State Creative Arts Public Service program[12] of the New York State Council on the Arts, the Briarcombe Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

In 1978, Brady founded the lesbian feminist publishing company Spinsters Ink with Judith McDaniel.[13] As one of the oldest lesbian feminist publishers in the world, Spinsters Ink is widely regarded as a pioneering feminist institution.[14] [15] [16] [17] Brady has served as the editor of many books, including The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde, Spinsters Ink (1980), and The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire: Poetry and Prose by Kitty Tsui, Spinsters Ink (1983).[18]

A page from one of Brady's manuscripts was included in "Statements from Lesbian Artists", which accompanied the 1978 exhibition A Lesbian Show. Curated by Harmony Hammond, the show was the first lesbian-identified art exhibition in the United States.[19]

Brady has taught writing at Skidmore College, Bard College, and The Resource Center for Accessible Living in Kingston, NY. She currently teaches creative writing at New York University, the New York Writers Workshop and the Peripatetic Writing Workshop.[20] [21]

Brady serves as the board president of the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund.[22]

Bibliography

Anthologies

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ferguson. Mary Anne. 1980. Images of Women in Literature: An Evolution. The Radical Teacher. 17. 34–36. 0191-4847. 20709278.
  2. Web site: The Labor Movement and Maureen Brady's Folly. blog.pshares.org. October 2017 . 2019-04-10.
  3. Web site: Maureen Brady. Feminist Press. 29 January 2016 . en-US. 2019-04-10.
  4. stevens. wendy. 1979. Brady. Maureen. give me your good ear. Off Our Backs. 9. 4. 22. 0030-0071. 25773043.
  5. Short. Kayann. 1996. Arnold. June. Nachman/Dykewomon. Elana. Harris. Bertha. Brady. Maureen. Do-It-Yourself Feminism. The Women's Review of Books. 13. 4. 20–21. 10.2307/4022268. 0738-1433. 4022268.
  6. dejanikus. tacie. 1980. our legacy. Off Our Backs. 10. 10. 17–25. 0030-0071. 25773355.
  7. Sorrel. Lorraine. Sojourner. Susan. Brady. Maureen. 1983. interview: Maureen Brady: envisioning possibilities. Off Our Backs. 13. 4. 14–16. 0030-0071. 25774961.
  8. Web site: Maureen Brady - Biography. 2020-10-23. www.maureenbradyny.com.
  9. Book: Brady, Maureen. Folly. 2016-08-15. The Feminist Press at CUNY. 9781558614154. en.
  10. Stein. Julia. 1998. Tangled Threads: Two Novels About Women in the Textile Trades, "Call the Darkness Light" by Nancy Zaroulis and Folly by Maureen Brady. Women's Studies Quarterly. 26. 1/2. 98–112. 0732-1562. 40003463.
  11. Web site: Folly. Feminist Press. en-US. 2019-04-10.
  12. News: Writer awarded grant . 12 April 2019 . The Post-Star . 3 April 1979 . Glens Falls, New York . 8.
  13. DeBold . Kathleen . Bellas Lettres . Lambda Book Report . September 2000 . 9 . 2 . 13 . 12 April 2019 . 1048-9487.
  14. Book: Nelson, Emmanuel S.. Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States [2 volumes]]. 2009-07-14. ABC-CLIO. 9780313348600. en.
  15. Book: Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories. Stone. Amy L.. Cantrell. Jaime. 2015-11-20. SUNY Press. 9781438459035. en.
  16. Web site: Lesbian Feminism, 1960s and 1970s · Lesbians in the Twentieth Century, 1900-1999 · outhistory.org. outhistory.org. 2019-04-14.
  17. wilson. barbara. 1984. European Feminist Publishing. Off Our Backs. 14. 5. 14–15. 0030-0071. 25775107.
  18. Book: City of Friends: A Portrait of the Gay and Lesbian Community in America. LeVay. Simon. Nonas. Elisabeth. 1997. MIT Press. 9780262621137. en.
  19. Web site: White Columns Archive. www.whitecolumns.org. 2019-04-13.
  20. Web site: Faculty Profile: Maureen Brady, Adjunct Assistant Professor NYU SPS Professional Pathways. www.sps.nyu.edu. en. 2019-04-14.
  21. Web site: Faculty. New York Writers Workshop. en-US. 2019-04-21.
  22. Web site: Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc. : Our Board & Staff. demingfund.org. en. 2019-04-12.
  23. Taylor . Rebecca . Folly (Book) . Library Journal . 15 January 1983 . 108 . 2 . 144 . 12 April 2019 . 0363-0277.
  24. Rogers . Michael . Book reviews: Classic returns . Library Journal . August 1994 . 119 . 13 . 141 . 12 April 2019 . 0363-0277.
  25. Book reviews: BRADY, Maureen. DAYBREAK: Meditations for Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse . Adolescence . Winter 1993 . 28 . 112 . 991 . 12 April 2019 . 0001-8449.
  26. 1988. Dykes to Watch Out For: ONE AFTERNOON IN THE GROVES OF ACADEME. Off Our Backs. 18. 6. 22. 0030-0071. 25796412.
  27. Eklund . Jane . From the Ashes . Lambda Book Report . February 2004 . 12 . 7 . 18–19 . 12 April 2019 . 1048-9487.
  28. Book: Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions. Jay. Karla. Glasgow. Joanne. Vivien. Renee. Young. Allen. 1990. NYU Press. 9780814741771. en.
  29. Book: CATHOLIC GIRLS by Sumrall Amber Coverdale & Patrice Vecchione--Eds. Kirkus Reviews. en.
  30. Web site: Contemporary lesbian writers of the United States : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. bepl.ent.sirsi.net. 2019-04-14.
  31. Web site: Touching Fire: Erotic Writings by Women . www.publishersweekly.com. 2019-04-13.
  32. Web site: Queer View Mirror 2: Lesbian and Gay Short Short Fiction. 2007-10-11. Quill and Quire. 2019-04-13.

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