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Rosellen Brown (born May 12, 1939) is an American author, and has been an instructor of English and creative writing at several universities, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Houston. She has won several grants and awards for her work, and her novel Before and After was adapted into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson.

Bibliography

  • Some Deaths in the Delta and Other Poems, 1970
  • Whole World Catalog, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1972 (Editor, with husband, Marvin Hoffman, and Martin Kushner, Phillip Lopate, and Sheila Murphy)
  • Street Games (stories), 1974; 1991
  • The Autobiography of My Mother (novel), 1976
  • Cora Fry (poems), 1977
  • Cora Fry's Pillow Book (poems),1994
  • Tender Mercies (novel), 1978
  • The Secret Garden (play; adapted with Laurie MacGregor the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett), 1983
  • Civil Wars (novel), 1984
  • Before and After, 1992
  • A Rosellen Brown Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose, 1992
  • Inter-Office (short story), 1994
  • Cora Fry's Pillow Book (poetry), 1994
  • Half a Heart (novel), 2000

TV Adaptation

Half A Heart: Based on Rosellen Brown's book of the same name which traces the lives of several people who participated in the civil rights movement and continue to live in its shadow. It is unclear who the Head Writer and showrunner will be.

External links

  • Annotation of Tender Mercies at the NYU Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database with link to text and audio of author's commentary and reading.

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