Mary Morris

Aug 8, 2024 | bookbub.com | Mary Morris

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Apr 25, 2024 | swwimmiami.substack.com | Mary Morris |Leila Chatti

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedStray cats in the attic,the high bridgewe jumped frominto the river of frogsand water moccasin. We no longer askif she imaginesour childhood home—no longer probeabout a life spent together. Our mother nursed usseventeen months apart. We shared a room,camped in Mexico,launched a boat to Sardinia. Witnessed the birthsof each of our children. I am not sure whenwe first noticed her memorymigrating away.

Mar 5, 2024 | lithub.com | Mary Morris

I don’t recall the first time I met Russell Banks, but it was a while before the car rides began. We were colleagues at Princeton in the creative writing department with overlapping teaching days. At some point I realized that he drove from the Upper West Side, not far from where I was living. I was commuting by train which took twice as long. One day, Russell offered to commute together. “Keep me company,” he said. We arranged a meeting place. The subway station at 72nd Street. Russell pulled up.

Feb 16, 2024 | shorturl.at | Carolyn Brown |Mary Morris |Laura Lazzaroni |Paul Theroux

Falling in love with a Tuscan villa in a serious state of disrepair transformed Frances Mayes’ life and career. Her tale of restoring Bramasole, in Cortona, is at the heart of Under the Tuscan Sun, her bestselling memoir and the film of the same name. Diane Lane played Mayes in the big screen version. She’s gone on to write eight more books about Italy, including her most recent, Always Italy. Kathy McCabe also had a dream of Italy.

Aug 24, 2023 | indagare.com | Mary Morris

This Journey's Host MARY MORRIS, AUTHOR & TRAVEL WRITERA teacher of Mary Morris’s once said that there are only two plots in all of literature: you go on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. Long ago, Morris embraced the journey. From the dusty towns of Latin America to the Trans-Siberian Railway and the jungles of India, she has chronicled her travels as a single woman alone for over 25 years.