Mary Karr
Artist Description
Mary Karr is an
award-winning poet, best selling memoirist and an unstoppable force in
the literary world. Her works have been embraced with an avalanche of
rave reviews from nearly every major newspaper in the country. Her
memoirs Lit, Cherry and The Liar’s Club were all best sellers. The
latter spent over a year on the New York Times Bestsellers list and
kick-stared the memoir craze. Karr has taught at Harvard and Syracuse
University, where she still holds a chair in literature. She is the
recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including a Guggenheim, a
Radcliffe Bunting Fellowship, The Whiting Writer's Award, and a Pushcart
Prize. Karr adds yet another title, songwriter, to her pedigree with
the release of KIN.
