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Mary Mackey

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Mary Mackey

Aliases: Mary Lou Mackey
Pen Names: Kate Clemens（Used for comic novels The Stand-In and Sweet Revenge）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1945 （Indianapolis, Indiana）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Indianapolis, Indiana → Sacramento, California → Jungles of Costa Rica

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, academic
Active Years
1972-2024
Affiliations
California State University, Sacramento, West Coast Branch of PEN American Center
Memberships
Founding member of The Feminist Writers' Guild
Influenced By
Richard Evans Schultes, Marija Gimbutas
Influenced
Wendell Berry, Jane Hirshfield
Nominations
Nominated for 42nd Northern California Book Award in Creative Nonfiction (Creativity: Where Poems Begin)

Education

Harvard College
English
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1967
Country: United States
magna cum laude
University of Michigan
Comparative Literature
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: United States

Awards

PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
2012
Work: Sugar Zone
Category: 文学卓越賞
Organization: PEN Oakland
Result: 受賞
Eric Hoffer Small Press Award
2019
Work: The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams
Result: 受賞
California Institute of Integral Studies Women's Spirituality Book Award
2018
Work: The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams
Organization: California Institute of Integral Studies
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Village of Bones: Sabalah’s Tale

2016 historical novel

Sweeping historical novel set in Neolithic Europe featuring earth-centered, Goddess-worshiping cultures.

Goddess worshipecologyfeminism

The Year The Horses Came

1993 historical novel

Part of the Earthsong Series, depicting struggles between matristic cultures and invading nomads.

matristic societiesinvasionnature worship

Sugar Zone

2011 poetry collection

Mackey's sixth poetry collection, winner of PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award.

naturefeverecstasy

The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018

2018 poetry collection

New and selected poems, winner of multiple awards.

feminismnaturecross-cultural

Bibliography

  • Immersion (1972)
  • McCarthy’s List (1979)
  • The Last Warrior Queen (1983)
  • A Grand Passion (1986)
  • The Kindness of Strangers (1988)
  • Season of Shadows (1991)
  • The Year The Horses Came (1993)
  • The Horses At The Gate (1996)
  • The Fires of Spring (1998)
  • The Stand-In (2003, Kate Clemens)
  • Sweet Revenge (2004, Kate Clemens)
  • The Notorious Mrs. Winston (2007)
  • The Widow’s War (2009)
  • The Village of Bones: Sabalah’s Tale (2016)
  • Split Ends (1974)
  • One Night Stand (1976)
  • Skin Deep (1978)
  • The Dear Dance of Eros (1987)
  • Breaking The Fever (2006)
  • Sugar Zone (2011)
  • Travelers With No Ticket Home (2014)
  • The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricsurrealhallucinatory tropingecstaticpassionately transcendent
Recurring Motifs
feverjunglesGoddess worshipecologyfeminism

Health

  • high fevers
    複数回
    Inspiration for many poems

Legacy

Known for historical novels and poetry on feminism and ecology, multiple awards, papers archived at Smith College.

Archives

  • Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
  • Smith College Mortimer Rare Book Room

Trivia

  • Author of Immersion, the first novel by a Second Wave feminist press.
  • Founder of CSUS Women's Studies and Graduate Creative Writing Programs.
  • Frequently writes about Costa Rican rainforests and Brazilian Amazon.