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Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

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Author's Bio

Diane Scharper writes a quarterly column reviewing memoir and biography for the National Catholic Reporter as well as reviews individual books for NCR. She is a frequent contributor to America Magazine (now Media) and the Weekly Standard for whom she reviews literary fiction. She is a long time contributor to Library Journal for whom she has reviewed 125 books of poetry. She specializes in anthologies and has collected, selected, and edited six books of essays, poems, and fiction.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:

Radiant (Cathedral Foundation Press, 1996)

Poetry

Books:

Thy Mother's Glass: More Poems for Mothers and Daughters (Wordhouse, 2000)

Thy Mother's Glass: Poems for Mothers and Daughters (Icarus Press, 1998)

The Laughing Ladies (Dolphin-Moon Press, 1993)

Journals:

City Paper

Library Journal

Maryland Poetry Review

New York Times

Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine

Potomac Review

Saltimbanquers

San Francisco Chronicle

Washington Post

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Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Identifies as:

Lithuanian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Baltimore

Raised in:

Baltimore, MD

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Last update: Dec 19, 2016