Michael Pearson (author)

Michael Pearson
BornMichael Patrick Pearson
(1949-06-18) June 18, 1949 (age 75)
OccupationWriter
Alma materFordham University
University of San Francisco
Pennsylvania State University
Spouse
JoEllen Pearson
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(m. 1971)​
Website
michaelpatrickpearson.com

Michael Patrick Pearson (born June 18, 1949) is an American author of hundreds of essays[1] and eight books — a novel, Shohola Falls (2003),[2][3] and seven works of non-fiction; Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America (a New York Times Notable Book of 1992),[4][5] A Place That's Known: Essays (1994), John McPhee (1997), Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx[6][7] (1999), Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea[8] (2008), Reading Life: On Books, Memory and Travel (2015), The Road to Dungannon: Journeys in Literary Ireland (2023).[9]

  1. ^ Gardner, C. A. (August 1, 2005). "The Locus of the Imagination: An Interview with Michael Pearson". Virginia Libraries. 51 (2). doi:10.21061/valib.v51i2.968.
  2. ^ Rasmussen, R. Kent (2007). Critical companion to Mark Twain: a literary reference to his life and work. Infobase Publishing. p. 1036. ISBN 978-0-8160-5398-8. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "Interview with Michael Pearson". Creative Nonfiction. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Howarth, William (February 16, 1992). "Where The Wild Writers Were". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Notable Books of the Year 1992". The New York Times. December 6, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK BOOKSHELF; The Bronx Is Up: Three Whose Journey Began There". The New York Times. December 12, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "This Point in Space and Time (on The Boy with the Thorn in His Side: A Memoir by Keith Fleming; Honky by Dalton Conley; Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx by Michael Pearson; Winning the Dust Bowl by Carter Revard; and Cidermaster of Rio Oscura by Harvey Frauenglass) – The Georgia Review". thegeorgiareview.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "[Innocents Abroad Too] | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "ODU Prof Michael Pearson Looks Inward for Seventh Book". Old Dominion University. Retrieved July 13, 2019.