Marilyn Sides
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Marilyn Sides is an author
and a senior lecturer
in the English Department of Wellesley College, Massachusetts
where she teaches creative writing
and literature
courses.
Her collection of short stories, The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife and Other Tales (Harmony), was published in 1996. The title story was selected to appear in the 1990 O. Henry Prize Stories collection and inspired a 2002 British-Dutch feature film by Michie Gleason
. Her first novel, The Genius of Affection (Harmony), appeared in 1999.
Author
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and a senior lecturer
Senior lecturer
Senior lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a faculty position at a university or similar institution. Especially in research-intensive universities, lecturers lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
in the English Department of Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
where she teaches creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
courses.
Her collection of short stories, The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife and Other Tales (Harmony), was published in 1996. The title story was selected to appear in the 1990 O. Henry Prize Stories collection and inspired a 2002 British-Dutch feature film by Michie Gleason
Michie Gleason
Michie Gleason is a film director and screenplay writer who has written and directed three films - The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife , Summer Heat and Broken English . She was assistant to the director on the film Days of Heaven .-References:...
. Her first novel, The Genius of Affection (Harmony), appeared in 1999.