Mary Rakow
Mary Rakow is an American novelist.
Life
She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from University of California, Riverside, in 1970, from Harvard University with a master's degree in Theological Studies, and from Boston College with a Ph.D. in Theology, Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society. Her work has appeared in Works & Conversations.She has appeared on Writers on Writing, with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett KUCI-FM.
Rakow is a member of PEN Center USA/West, where she has mentored in the PEN Rosenthal Emerging Voices Program.
Rakow is a novelist and freelance editor living in San Francisco as an urban hermit in the ancient Catholic Christian tradition.
Awards
- 2002 10 Best Books in the West, L.A. Times, 2002
- 2003 Lannan Literary Fellowship
- 2003 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing shortlist
- 2010 Whale and Star residency in the studio of Enrique Martínez Celaya
Works
- Matthew Biro, Leo A. Harrington, Mary Rakow. Martinez Celaya, Working Methods. Ediciones Poligrafa..
- Mary Rakow.. This Is Why I Came, a novel. Counterpoint Press. .
Anthology
*Theology
- "Christ's Descent into Hell: Calvin's Interpretation", Religion in Life, 43,