Mary Clearman Blew (born 1939) is an American non fiction writer.
Life
She was born in 1939, December 10th.
She was born and raised in
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
near Lewistown.
She attended the
University of Montana
The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, United States. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. Fall 2024 saw total enrollment hit 10,811, marki ...
.
Career
She is a professor of creative writing at the
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Established in 1889 and opened three years later, it was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963.
The un ...
and
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is a Private university, private Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran university in Parkland, Washington. It was founded by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants in 1890. PLU is sponsored by the 580 congreg ...
.
She has received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the
Western Heritage Award.
Bibliography
Some of her books are:
* ''All But the Waltz: A Memoir of Five Generations in the Life of a Montana Family'' (Viking, 1991)
* ''This Is Not the Ivy League: A Memoir''
* ''Balsamroot: A Memoir ''
* ''Jackalope Dreams ''
* ''Bone Deep in Landscape: Writing, Reading, and Place ''
References
External links
* v
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Living people
American women non-fiction writers
University of Idaho faculty
Pacific Lutheran University faculty
1939 births
American women academics
Memoirists from Montana