Michael Pearson
BornMichael Patrick Pearson
(1949-06-18) June 18, 1949
OccupationWriter
SpouseJoEllen Pearson
Website
michaelpatrickpearson23.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][9][10] (2008), Reading Life: On Books, Memory and Travel (2015), The Road to Dungannon: Journeys in Literary Ireland (2023).[11]

For a decade, from 1997 to 2006, he directed the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He currently teaches non-fiction writing and American literature at ODU.

Bibliography

Non-fiction books

  • Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America. University Press of Mississippi, 1991. ISBN 978-0815606604. Paperback Reprint: Syracuse University Press, 2000.  Kindle Edition, Dzanc Books, 2014.
  • A Place That’s Known: Essays. University Press of Mississippi, 1994. ISBN 978-0878056729. Kindle Edition, Dzanc Books, 2014.
  • John McPhee. Twayne Publishers, 1997. ISBN 978-0805746242. Kindle Edition, Dzanc Books, 2014.
  • Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx. Syracuse University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0815605614.
  • Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea. Syracuse University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0815609094.
  • Reading Life: On Books, Memory and Travel. Mercer University Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-88146-542-6.
  • The Road to Dungannon: Journeys in Literary Ireland. McFarland and Company Publishers, 2023. ISBN 978-0-88146-775-8.

Novels

References

  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. ↑ Pearson, Michael (October 6, 2011). "All the Gin Joints". The Morning News. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ Pearson, Michael (September 22, 2011). "We Must Walk the Camino Together". The Morning News. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ "[Innocents Abroad Too] | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  11. ↑ "ODU Prof Michael Pearson Looks Inward for Seventh Book". Old Dominion University. Retrieved July 13, 2019.

12. "Homeward Bound: A Review of THE ROAD TO DUNGANNON, October 2023, https://veermag.com/2023/09/book-review-homeward-bound/

13. THE ROAD TO DUNGANNON, published July 27, 2023: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Dungannon-Journeys-Literary-Ireland/dp/1476691592/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2VAB8GI8AG9NN&keywords=the+road+to+dungannon&qid=1678135979&s=books&sprefix=the+road+to+dungannon%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1

14. List of people from the Bronx -- artists, actors, musicians, writers, politicians, and sports figures


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