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| year = 2014
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| title = Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
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| year = 2013
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| year = 2000
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:44, 4 November 2014

Anne Lamott
Born (1954-04-10) April 10, 1954 (age 70)
San Francisco, California, United States
OccupationNovelist, non-fiction writer, essayist, memoirist
NationalityAmerican
GenreDrama, humor, literary fiction

Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her nonfiction works are largely autobiographical. Marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, Lamott's writings cover such subjects as alcoholism, single-motherhood, depression, and Christianity.[1]

Life and career

Lamott was born in San Francisco, and is a graduate of Drew School. Her father, Kenneth Lamott, was also a writer. Her first published novel Hard Laughter was written for him after his diagnosis of brain cancer. She has one son, Sam, who was born in August 1989 and a grandson, Jax, born in July 2009.[2]

Lamott's life was documented in Freida Lee Mock's 1999 documentary Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott.[3] Because of the documentary and her following on Facebook and other online networks, she is often called the "People's Author".[4]

Lamott has described why she writes:

I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual transformation, families, secrets, wonder, craziness—and that can make me laugh. When I am reading a book like this, I feel rich and profoundly relieved to be in the presence of someone who will share the truth with me, and throw the lights on a little, and I try to write these kinds of books. Books, for me, are medicine.[5]

Lamott is cited as a writer who captures well the style of narrative nonfiction called particularism, coined by Howard Freeman.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Hard Laughter. Viking Press. 1980. ISBN 0-670-36140-2.
  • Rosie. Viking Press. 1983. ISBN 0-670-60828-9.
  • Joe Jones. North Point Press. 1985. ISBN 0-86547-209-2.
  • All New People. North Point Press. 1989. ISBN 0-86547-394-3.
  • Crooked Little Heart. Pantheon Books. 1997. ISBN 0-679-43521-2.
  • Blue Shoe. Riverhead Books. 2002. ISBN 1-57322-226-7.
  • Imperfect Birds. Riverhead Books. 2010. ISBN 1-59448-751-0.

Non-Fiction

  • Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace. Riverhead Hardcover. 2014. ISBN 978-1594486296.
  • Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. Riverhead Hardcover. 2012. ISBN 978-1594631290.
  • Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair. Riverhead Hardcover. 2013. ISBN 978-1594632587.
  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Anchor. 1995. ISBN 978-0385480017.
  • Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith. Anchor. 2000. ISBN 978-0385496094.
  • Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year. Anchor. 2005. ISBN 978-1400079094.
  • Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. Riverhead Trade. 2006. ISBN 978-1594481574.
  • Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son. Riverhead Trade. 2013. ISBN 978-1594486678.

References

  1. ^ Lamott, Anne. "My son, the stranger". Salon. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-08. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Hetter, Katia (6 April 2012). "Anne Lamott's directions for grandparents: 'Some Assembly Required'". CNN. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. ^ Freida Lee Mock (Director) (1999-08-01). Bird by Bird with Annie (Documentary). Vanguard International Cinema.
  4. ^ Smiley, Tavis (14 April 2010). "Interview with Anne Lamott". PBS. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Quote of the Day". Religion Blog. Dallas Morning News. 2008-02-10.
  6. ^ Rice, Priscilla. New York Times Bestseller Anne Lamott and Son Sam Record New Novel at Live Oak Studio in Berkeley. PR News. January 26, 2012.

Further reading

  • Bochynski, Pegge. (2010) "Anne Lamott" in American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, Supplement XX, Mary Antin to Phillis Wheatley. Ed. Jay Parini. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons p131-146.
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