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than depicting antagonism between genders, Howard "has been consistently concerned with how women deal with their families, and especially their mothers". In many of her novels, she portrays women balancing both personal and work relationships, or attempting to create art while acknowledging that art is frequently “shaped by the interventions” of others.
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succumbs to "shapelessness" if "conceived…without an adequate negotiation of origins". Keefe Durso echoes this notion, stating that Howard's work demonstrates that when "the past is honestly examined and historical truths are confronted…growth will be possible". In this way, Howard's work explores how the past is integral to the formation of the self.
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Howard is also particularly concerned with identity. The scholar Kerry Ahearn notes that "the search for identity is her constant theme". For the scholar George O'Brien, Howard's work shows how a reckoning with ethnic and family history is essential to understanding personal identity, which otherwise
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in 1960, where he eventually chaired the English department. The couple had one child, a daughter. Howard's first marriage ended in divorce in 1967 and she married David J. Gordon the following year. Like Howard's first husband, Gordon was a college professor. Her marriage to David J. Gordon ended in
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Critics have noted that Howard's novels tend to minimize plot, focusing instead on an attempt to capture characters and "an accumulation of moments", or what Keefe Durso has termed "landscapes of memory". Toward that end, her prose has been noted for its lyricism and ironic tone, "at once earthy and
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Another of Howard's major thematic concerns is the experience of women. Most of her novels feature female protagonists, whom Grumbach identifies as "caught in the world of men", although she argues that Howard's work portrays men as equally lost and sympathetic. Perrin, too, points out that, rather
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wrote that it was "a real book…written with both intelligence and feeling". She followed it in 1977 with a book on American women writers that she edited. The critic Gary Davenport said her introduction to that book "is the most intelligent treatment of women's literature that I have seen or expect
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Howard attended Smith College, graduating in 1952. Howard was often critical of her education at Smith, which was at that time still very much delivering a genteel and sanitized education for women, but she continued to be connected to her alma mater. After graduation, she worked in advertising and
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summarized her fiction as "a chronological whirligig, with events as likely to be told after their consequences as before and sometimes simultaneously", her stories are "mixed up for a reader to assemble". The scholar David Madden notes that Howard's works "abound in various, competing voices with
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Scholars and critics have tended to focus on Howard's concern with the Irish-American experience and its related themes of identity, family, history, and religion. Keefe Durso argues that these themes "are all present to one degree or another in Howard's work, but religion and family dominate her
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Howard's body of work spans fiction and nonfiction, including short stories, autobiography, essays, and book reviews, but novels comprise the majority of her literary output. Her books have often been called experimental, since they rely on literary techniques such as shifting perspectives and
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culture forms the setting in which Howard's dramas play out, and even when Howard's characters break from Catholicism they do so by making new religions out of secular pursuits. The scholar Sally Barr Ebest has noted that, in this, Howard's work has much in common with the novels of other
880:, Howard's approach to literary form demonstrates her belief that "experience is too tricky and fascinating, too full, for straightforward narrative. Life means too much, not too little, to be rendered in logical, linear form". 437:(1978), which some scholars have regarded as among her best work. Rather than tell her life story chronologically, it is organized into sections by theme. Initial reviews of the book were mostly positive. The novelist 373:, Levin praised Howard's "blend of wit, impeccable style, and humanity". Like her first novel, it did not attract a large readership, but over time critics came to hold it in high regard. Remarking on it in 363:, appeared in 1965. Structured as a series of journal entries, it tells the story of an Irish-American woman who escapes her hometown of Bridgeport for New York City, where she pursues an independent life. 862:
Howard's work has been the subject of academic study. Her papers, including manuscripts, correspondence, and other materials, are housed at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University.
223:; June 28, 1930 – March 13, 2022) was an American novelist, memoirist, and editor. Her award-winning novels feature women protagonists and are known for formal innovation and a focus on the 3314: 1547: 612:, Robert Potts argued that "Howard's style can sometimes be too elliptical for its own good", although he still found the book to be full of "subtlety and grace". Reviewing 3264: 332:
in Italy. The novel, first published in the United Kingdom before an American edition appeared in 1962, did not attract a large readership, but it impressed critics. In
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criticized the quartet's "almost cartoonish" treatment of its characters, which, she believed, resulted from the books being "radically experimental in form".
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Howard's books have explored the role of family, class, the way that history informs personal identity, the experience of women in American society, and
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case. Her mother, Loretta (née Burns), was a homemaker and the daughter of an Irish immigrant who amassed a fortune from land development and owning an
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During the late 1960s Howard began her teaching career. Continuing into the 1970s she taught literature, drama, and creative writing at, among others,
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praised it as "a ruthlessly personal story" told with "sheer novelistic skill". The book went on to win a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1978.
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admired Howard's writing ("no one writing in English today produces anything quite like ") and the "extremely ambitious" end to her quartet.
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as "a compelling tour de force" that "places Howard squarely among the outstanding practitioners of late 20th-century fiction". The author
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nonlinear narration. The scholar Patricia Keefe Durso has called Howard's narrative style "unconventional and challenging". The critic
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Howard has won numerous honors for her work. Below are honors she has received for both her body of work and individual works.
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in 1982, Grumbach called it "one of the most astutely funny novels of our time", while, a decade later, the scholar and critic
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Keefe Durso, Patricia (2008). "Maureen Howard's Landscapes of Memory". In Barr Ebest, Sally; McInerney, Kathleen H. (eds.).
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also criticized it as "another family-life mosaic that doesn't quite add up". The novel still received a nomination for the
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called the book "a successful search for form and a flawless skewering of personality in glistening language". In
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plant. Howard credited her mother with exposing her to fine arts, enrolling her in lessons for ballet, piano, and
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divorce. In 1981, she married lawyer, stockbroker, and fellow novelist Mark Probst. Mark Probst, died in 2018.
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Madden, David (2011). "Maureen Howard". In Shaffer, Brian W.; O'Donnell, Patrick; Ball, John Clement (eds.).
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lamented that it had been "published a couple of years too early" to benefit from the attention paid to
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Taylor, David M. (1984). "Maureen Howard". In Bruccoli, Mary; Ross, Jean W.; Ziegfeld, Richard (eds.).
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Taylor, David M. (1984). "Maureen Howard". In Bruccoli, Mary; Ross, Jean W.; Ziegfeld, Richard (eds.).
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Taylor, David M. (1984). "Maureen Howard". In Bruccoli, Mary; Ross, Jean W.; Ziegfeld, Richard (eds.).
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praised it as "filled with abrasive, abusive insights and observations and a wicked humor". Writing in
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Howard's brother, George Kearns (d. 2010), was a professor of literature who authored two books on
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Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia
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1910 postcard image of Bridgeport, Howard's hometown and an important location in her writing
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She has been an invited speaker at numerous institutions, including Rutgers University.
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in the 1980s. She then began to write a quartet of books inspired by the four seasons:
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Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center Fellowship of the New York Public Library (2003)
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Maureen Howard papers at Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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multiple first-person narrators, including the author herself". For the scholar
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Katherine Anne Porter Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012)
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in the lives of Irish Americans. Among other awards, her work garnered the
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Byrne, James Patrick; Coleman, Philip; King, Jason Francis, eds. (2008).
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sophisticated", leading Madden to describe her as "an elegant stylist".
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then married Daniel F. Howard in 1954. He was a professor of English at
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Too Smart to Be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers
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Too Smart to be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers
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Irish-American women writers, which are immersed in Catholic culture.
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Seven American Women Writers of the Twentieth Century: An Introduction
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Howard has written of her admiration for numerous writers, including
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Casey, Daniel J.; Rhodes, Robert E.; O'Huiginn, Sean, eds. (1989).
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Howard, Maureen (1996). "You Are There". In Warren, Charles (ed.).
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Cabbage and Bones: An Anthology of Irish American Women's Fiction.
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Cabbage and Bones: An Anthology of Irish American Women's Fiction
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The Irish Voice in America: 250 Years of Irish-American Fiction
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The Catholic Church and Unruly Women Writers: Critical Essays
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were all finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
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The Banshees: A Literary History of Irish American Writers
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said it was "pleasingly full of life and fine details".
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The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story
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Werlock, Abby H. P.; Werlock, James P., eds. (2010).
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O. Henry Award for "Sherry", originally published in
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November 19, 1993. 1873:Dictionary of Literary Biography: Yearbook 1983 1216:Dictionary of Literary Biography: Yearbook 1983 1172:Dictionary of Literary Biography: Yearbook 1983 1022:for "Bridgeport Bus", originally published in 505:for Fiction, as did Howard's next two novels, 3212:, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2013. 2483:. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 630. 2480:The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction 2301:. Vol. 64, no. 41. October 13, 2010 2217:"Review: The Silver Screen by Maureen Howard" 1344:"Maureen Howard Bride Of Mark Probst, Broker" 1294:"The Daniel Francis Howard Travel Fellowship" 8: 2094:"GS Writing Program Instructors Win Honors" 1995:"Review: Natural History by Maureen Howard" 1319:"The Kenyon Collegian - September 19, 1958" 324:In 1960, Howard published her first novel, 1128:Beyond Document: Essays on Nonfiction Film 1094: 1092: 1090: 1088: 968:National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 844:Edith Wharton: Collected Stories 1911-1937 831:Edith Wharton: Collected Stories 1891-1910 20: 3265:21st-century American non-fiction writers 2590:Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 1730:Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 546:School of the Arts at Columbia University 2704:Parrinder, Patrick (November 20, 1986). 1460:"READING AND WRITING; ON MAUREEN HOWARD" 3098:Modern Irish-American Fiction: A Reader 2924:American Academy of Arts & Sciences 1876:. Detroit: Gale Research. p. 256. 1548:"Maureen Howard's Understated Elegance" 1219:. Detroit: Gale Research. p. 252. 1175:. Detroit: Gale Research. p. 251. 1084: 1069:Modern Irish American Fiction: A Reader 1067:Howard's work has been anthologized in 1036:National Book Critics Circle Award for 948:Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts 893:thematic landscape". She explains that 807:. University of Minnesota Press, 1977. 466:During this period, Howard lectured at 408:University of California, Santa Barbara 191: 1981; died 2018) 3023: 3021: 2985: 2983: 2893: 2891: 2321:"What I've Learned...From My Daughter" 2156:Fraser, Caroline (December 16, 2004). 2070: 2068: 1849:. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO. p. 426. 1813: 1811: 1458:Broyard, Anatole (November 21, 1982). 1403:"A Reader's Report on Current Fiction" 18:American writer and editor (1930–2022) 2472: 2470: 2400: 2398: 2396: 2394: 2117: 2115: 1989: 1987: 1941:"Books of the Times: Grace Abounding" 1672: 1670: 1541: 1539: 1427: 1425: 1423: 1264:. Routledge. 2009. pp. 358–359. 994:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 640:on March 13, 2022, at the age of 91. 215: 7: 3300:Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut 3166:"Rutgers to Salute 'Women and Arts'" 3136:. New York: Henry Holt. p. 56. 3029:"Maureen Howard | The Hudson Review" 2836:Hamilton, Robert A. (May 12, 1985). 1939:Broyard, Anatole (October 2, 1982). 1763:Johnson, Diane (November 12, 1978). 1546:GRUMBACH, DORIS (October 10, 1982). 1432:Grumbach, Doris (January 19, 1975). 1254: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1208: 1206: 1204: 1202: 1200: 1164: 1162: 1160: 1158: 1156: 988:American Academy of Arts and Letters 974:Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship 663:. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. 550:Columbia's School of General Studies 391:, despite being a "feminist novel". 3275:21st-century American women writers 3260:20th-century American women writers 2789:Howard, Maureen (January 8, 2007). 2670:Perrin, Noel (September 26, 1982). 2046:Malin, Irving (February 12, 1993). 1099:Genzlinger, Neil (March 15, 2022). 765:Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring 570:Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring 3340:American women non-fiction writers 2374:"Maureen Howard papers, 1962-2002" 1580:Perrin, Noel (November 22, 1992). 594:to be lacking in substance, while 472:The New School for Social Research 404:The New School for Social Research 255:National Book Critics Circle Award 117:National Book Critics Circle Award 14: 2440:Eder, Richard (August 29, 2004). 787:. Little, Brown & Co., 1978. 682:. Little, Brown & Co., 1982. 669:. Little, Brown & Co., 1974. 544:Howard joined the faculty of the 433:Howard's next book was a memoir, 170: 1968, divorced) 2791:"Maureen Howard: Leaps of Faith" 2020:Casey, John (October 18, 1992). 1401:Levin, Martin (March 11, 1962). 602:were under-developed. Reviewing 146: 3330:Novelists from New York (state) 3270:21st-century American novelists 3255:20th-century American novelists 3130:Kearns, Caledonia, ed. (1997). 2268:Row, Jess (November 12, 2009). 1519:"New and Noteworthy Paperbacks" 926:. Critics have also identified 708:. W.W. Norton & Co., 1992. 417:In 1974, Howard's third novel, 282:, where he was assigned to the 188: 167: 142: 3320:American women autobiographers 2584:Ahearn, Kerry (July 1, 1984). 2022:"The Promise of American Life" 1966:"Book Review: Grace Abounding" 1905:Long, Ada (December 2, 1982). 1724:Ahearn, Kerry (July 1, 1984). 1614:Leonard, John (July 1, 2001). 564:(2009), and the collection of 529:to "watching a display of the 497:as a "baffling" near failure. 259:PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 257:and three nominations for the 1: 2712:. Vol. 08, no. 20. 2602:10.1080/00111619.1984.9937799 2359:Not a Word about Nightingales 2242:Potts, Robert (May 1, 2001). 1765:"Dining Out In Her Own House" 1742:10.1080/00111619.1984.9937799 1649:"Book Review: Before My Time" 1493:"Book Review: Bridgeport Bus" 930:as an influence on her work. 657:. 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Secker & Warburg. 1048:was a finalist for the 1004:Sacred Heart University 996:, Elected Member (1998) 981:New York Public Library 942:Honors for body of work 359:Howard's second novel, 276:Bridgeport, Connecticut 232:Bridgeport, Connecticut 46:Bridgeport, Connecticut 3310:The New School faculty 2710:London Review of Books 2244:"New & Noteworthy" 979:Library Lion honoree, 695:. Summit Books, 1986. 399: 298:Education and marriage 234:, she was educated at 212:Maureen Theresa Howard 34:Maureen Theresa Kearns 986:Award in Literature, 644:Selected bibliography 397: 3305:Smith College alumni 2048:"On the One Hand..." 2001:. September 28, 1992 1616:"Up From Bridgeport" 1582:"LOST IN BRIDGEPORT" 1350:. January 17, 1981. 1002:Honorary doctorate, 960:Honorary doctorate, 609:The Atlantic Monthly 389:second-wave feminism 145: 1954; 3208:Barr Ebest, Sally, 2744:archive.nytimes.com 2197:. November 23, 2009 2026:archive.nytimes.com 1945:archive.nytimes.com 1819:"Past Awards: 1978" 1796:. 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Smith College
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The New York Times
Doris Grumbach
The New Republic
Anatole Broyard
Kirkus Reviews
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Noel Perrin
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