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Poet and novelist Marge Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 31, 1936. She received a B. A. from the University of Michigan and an M. A. from Northwestern. She is involved in the Jewish renewal and political work and was part of the civil rights movement. She won the Arthur C. Clarke award. Besides writing her own novels and collections of poetry, she has collaborated with her husband Ira Wood on a play, The Last White Class, and a novel, Storm Tide. In 1997, they founded a small literary publishing company called the Leapfrog Press. She currently lives in Cape Cod. (Bowker Author Biography) Marge Piercy is the author of 14 previous poetry collections and 14 novels. In 1990 her poetry won the Golden Rose, the oldest poetry award in the country. She lives on Cape Cod. (Publisher Provided) Marge Piercy is the author of 35 books of poetry & fiction, including the best sellers "Gone to Soldiers" & "The Longings of Women". (Publisher Provided) — biography from Woman on the Edge of Time… (more)
Woman on the Edge of Time 2,504 copies, 49 reviews
He, She and It 1,274 copies, 24 reviews
Gone to Soldiers 857 copies, 12 reviews
The Moon Is Always Female 495 copies, 6 reviews
City of Darkness, City of Light 450 copies, 10 reviews
Vida 398 copies, 5 reviews
Sex Wars 370 copies, 16 reviews
Small Changes 364 copies, 3 reviews
The Longings of Women 341 copies, 4 reviews
Summer People 323 copies, 3 reviews
Braided Lives 320 copies, 4 reviews
Three Women 303 copies, 3 reviews
Sleeping with Cats: A Memoir 215 copies, 7 reviews
Fly Away Home 199 copies
Circles on the Water 199 copies, 1 review
The Third Child 137 copies, 1 review
My Mother's Body 119 copies, 1 review
Dance the Eagle to Sleep 117 copies, 1 review
Available Light 100 copies, 1 review
Mars and Her Children: Poems 94 copies, 1 review
Going Down Fast 78 copies, 1 review
To Be of Use 70 copies, 1 review
Living in the Open 63 copies, 1 review
Storm Tide 61 copies
Made in Detroit: Poems 32 copies, 2 reviews
Breaking Camp: Poems 26 copies, 1 review
Last White Class 13 copies, 1 review
Donna & Jill 4 copies
Cybergolem 3 copies
Shira 3 copies
4-telling 2 copies
Mn̄er̄et 1 copy
The Last Man (Introduction, some editions) 1,577 copies, 40 reviews
Poems from the Women's Movement (Contributor) 107 copies
The Best American Erotica 2001 (Contributor) 88 copies
Racism and Sexism: An Integrated Study (Contributor) 58 copies, 1 review
Passion Fruit (Contributor) 53 copies
Aurora: Beyond Equality (Contributor) 49 copies, 2 reviews
Partisan Review (Contributor, some editions) 33 copies
2076: The American Tricentennial (Contributor) 25 copies, 1 review
The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 (Contributor) 21 copies
Sinister Wisdom 17 (Contributor) 6 copies
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