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Mary Karr
Mary Karr was born in 1955 in Texas. She is an American poet, essayist and memoirist. She was a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry in 2005 and has won Pushcart prizes for both her poetry and her essays. She is the author of three memoirs, The Liar’s Club, Cherry and Lit. She lives in New York where she teaches English at Syracuse University.
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- The album I co-wrote with Rodney Crowell--KIN--is now available to pre-order phy... read more...
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LIT: A Memoir
The long awaited sequel to the beloved and bestselling ‘The Liars’ Club’ and ‘Cherry’ – a memoir about a self-professed ‘blackbelt sinner’s’ descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.
Publication date: UK 8th Jul 2010
