Jane (Martha) Brox (born Sept. 4, 1956) is an American author, who specializes in non-fiction works. Her father was John Brox (1910–1995). She graduated from Colby College in 1978 and currently lives in

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

Awards and honors

*1996 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, ''Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family''

Works

;Books *''Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family'' (1995, ; ) *''Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History'' (1999, Beacon Press, Boston MA) *''Clearing Land, Legacies of the American Farm'' (2004, )AMAZON.COM *''Brilliant, the Evolution of Artificial Light'' (2010; ) *''Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives'' (2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt *''In the Merrimack Valley: A Farm Trilogy'' (2024, ) Other works *Brox's website lists 30 magazine articles that she has written *The website lists 9 publications which have carried her poetry *The website lists 7 published book reviews written by Brox *The website lists 11 radio essays produced by Brox, carried primarily by NPR

References

External links

Official website
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