Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

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Mary Ann Taylor-Hall (born 1937) is an American fiction writer and poet. She is the author of two novels, a book of short fiction, three collections of poetry, and has published widely in literary journals. She has lived on a farm in Kentucky for many years and was married to poet James Baker Hall.

Mary Ann Taylor-Hall
Born	1937 (age 86–87) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Writer poet
Nationality	American
Education	University of Florida (BA) Columbia University (MA)
Genre	Fiction
Spouse	James Baker Hall

Biography

Mary Ann Taylor-Hall was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1937. Her family moved to Winter Haven, Florida, when she was seven and she received her early education there. She attended Wesleyan College, in Macon, Georgia, and graduated with a BA in English from the University of Florida. She received her MA in English literature from Columbia University. Afterwards, she taught at Auburn University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Puerto Rico, and Miami University of Ohio. She was married to writer James Baker Hall, who died in 2009. She has lived on a farm on the Harrison-Scott County line in Central Kentucky for the past forty years.^[1][2]

Writing

Taylor-Hall's most recent book of poetry, Out of Nowhere: New and Selected Poems, was published in December 2017 by Old Cove Press and is distributed by Small Press Distribution.^[3] Two previous collections of poetry, Dividing Ridge (Larkspur Press, 2008)^[4] and Joy Dogs (Press on Scroll Road, 2013).^[5] were published in handset letterpress limited editions. Her first novel Come and Go, Molly Snow (University Press of Kentucky, 2009) (W.W. Norton & Company, 1995) was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection.^[6][7][8][9] Her second novel At The Breakers was published in 2009 by the University Press of Kentucky.^[10] Her collection of short fiction, How She Knows What She Knows about Yo-Yos, (Sarabande Books, 2000) was a Foreword Magazine Book of the Year.^[11][12] Her work has been published in The Paris Review,^[13] The Kenyon Review,^[14] The Sewanee Review, Ploughshares, Shenandoah and other literary quarterlies, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories^[15] and in the book Home and Beyond: An Anthology of Kentucky Short Stories, edited by Morris A. Grubbs (University Press of Kentucky, 2001).^[16] She is the recipient of a PEN/Syndicated Fiction Award and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Council.^[2]

Publications

Fiction

• At The Breakers (University Press of Kentucky, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8131-2542-8
• How She Knows What She Knows about Yo-Yos (Sarabande Books, 2000) ISBN 978-1-889330-36-5
• Come and Go, Molly Snow (W.W. Norton & Company, 1995) (University Press of Kentucky, 2009) ISBN 978-0-393-03735-7

Poetry

• Out of Nowhere: New and Selected Poems (Old Cove Press, 2017) ([2]) ISBN 978-0-9675424-6-1
• Joy Dogs (Press on Scroll Road, 2013)
• Dividing Ridge (Larkspur Press, 2008)

Nonfiction

• Missing Mountains (Wind Publications, 2005) with Bobbie Ann Mason and Kristin Johannsen ISBN 978-1893239494

Further reading

Interview with Mary Ann Taylor-Hall,March 30, 1998.Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky^[17]

References

1. "Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann 1937–". encyclopedia.com. March 15, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
2. "Writers' Corner: Mary Ann Taylor". arts.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
3. "Out of Nowhere". Small Press Distribution. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
4. "Larkspur Press :: 340 Sawdridge West, Monterey, Kentucky 40359". larkspurpress.com. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
5. "Joy Dogs". Press on Scroll Road. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
6. "The University Press of Kentucky – About the Book". kentuckypress.com. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
7. "Fiction Book Review: Come and Go, Molly Snow by Mary Ann Taylor-Hall". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
8. Kirsch, Jonathan (February 24, 1995). "Book Review: A Story of Loss and Pain—and Redemption : Come and Go, Molly Snow". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
9. St. Clair, Christina (May 25, 2017). "Review of Come And Go, Molly Snow". Journal of Appalachian Studies. 15 (1/2): 195–196. JSTOR 41446826.
10. Novel portrays one woman's struggle to overcome lost youth, June 9, 2009, "At the Breakers", Mary Popham, [1] March 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
11. Schneider, Bart (January 16, 2000). "Shoot the Moon". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
12. "Fiction Book Review: How She Knows What She Knows about Yo-Yos: Stories by Mary Ann Taylor-Hall". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
13. "Banana Boats, Mary Ann Taylor-Hall". The Paris Review. 1987. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
14. Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann (1988). "Advanced Beginners: Mary Ann Taylor-Hall". The Kenyon Review. 10 (2): 68–82. JSTOR 4335932.
15. "THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 1988 by Mark Helprin , Shannon Ravenel – Kirkus Reviews". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
16. "Home and Beyond: An Anthology of Kentucky Short Stories". kentuckypress.com. 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
17. Beattie, L. Elisabeth (March 30, 1998). "Interview with Mary Ann Taylor-Hall". kentuckyoralhistory.org. Retrieved May 25, 2017.