Mary Rakow Explained

Mary Rakow is an American novelist.

Life

She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from University of California, Riverside,^[1] in 1970,^[2] from Harvard University with a master's degree in Theological Studies, and from Boston College with a Ph.D. in Theology, Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society. Her work has appeared in Works & Conversations.^[3] She has appeared on Writers on Writing, with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett KUCI-FM.^[4]

Rakow is a member of PEN Center USA/West, where she has mentored in the PEN Rosenthal Emerging Voices Program.^[5]

Rakow is a novelist and freelance editor living in San Francisco as an urban hermit in the ancient Catholic Christian tradition.

Awards

• 2002 10 Best Books in the West, L.A. Times, 2002
• 2003 Lannan Literary Fellowship^[6]
• 2003 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing shortlist^[7]
• 2010 Whale and Star residency in the studio of Enrique Martínez Celaya

Works

• Poeta: from The Memory Room. In Posse Review. 12 .
• Book: The Memory Room. Counterpoint Press. 28 Feb 2002. 978-1-58243-172-7. Mary Rakow.. registration.
• Matthew Biro, Leo A. Harrington, Mary Rakow (2012). Martinez Celaya, Working Methods. Ediciones Poligrafa. .
• Mary Rakow. (15 Dec 2015). This Is Why I Came, a novel. Counterpoint Press. .

Anthology

• Book: Women on the Edge. Samantha Dunn. Toby Press. 2005. 978-1-59264-125-3 . ^[8]

Theology

• "Christ's Descent into Hell: Calvin's Interpretation", Religion in Life, 43, (Summer 1974)^[9]

External links

• Mary Rakow's website
• "Three Questions for Mary Rakow", The Los Angeles Times, Susan Salter Reynolds, June 30, 2002
• Jane Fitch's Book List
• This is Why I Came website

Notes and References

1. Web site: UCR Newsroom: Home.
2. Web site: UCR Fiat Lux: Class Notes . www.fiatlux.ucr.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051214225752/http://www.fiatlux.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=610 . 2005-12-14.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-05-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090204030227/http://www.conversations.org/issue.php?id=9 . 2009-02-04 .
4. Web site: Writers on Writing with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett.
5. Web site: PEN Center USA | 2005 Emerging Voices Reception . 2009-05-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120230208/http://penusa.org/go/news/comments/154/ . 2008-11-20 .
6. Web site: Lannan Foundation - Mary Rakow . 2009-05-26 . 2009-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090319125600/http://www.lannan.org/lf/bios/detail/mary-rakow/ . dead .
7. Web site: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing . 2009-05-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090209133628/http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan/finalnwin2003.html . 2009-02-09 .
8. Web site: L.A. Times Article - New Read on L.A. . 2009-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090308071830/http://www.woodsontheweb.com/Bio/la_times_article_new_read_on_la.htm . 2009-03-08 . dead .
9. Book: The harrowing of hell in medieval England . Karl Tamburr. DS Brewer. 2007. 978-1-84384-117-3 .