Who is Mickey Pearlman?

Mickey Pearlman was born in Miami Beach, Florida and has lived in
New York, Vienna, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Prague, all of which were
"too far from Shea Stadium." (Go, Mets !) She now considers
herself a devoted New Jerseyan.

She is the organizer of "A Celebration of Readers and Their Favorite
Books," held annually at Mohonk Mountain House in upstate New York.
She has taught memoir writing, the art of interviewing, and spoken
about book clubs in the Split Rock Arts Festival at the University
of Minnesota, Gemini Ink in San Antonio, Recursos in Santa Fe, at
the Virginia Festival of the Book and elsewhere. She has guest lectured at Vanderbilt, Oberlin, Oneonta, St. Olaf, Penn, Carleton and on many other campuses. She is now a book reviewer for the BOSTON GLOBE, the MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE, and THE FORWARD.

The mother of a sculptor/painter and a jazz musician, Pearlman earned a BA and an MA in English from City College of New York, and a Master's in Philosophy and a Ph.D in English and American Literature from the City University of New York. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, the Authors Guild and in June l994 was named one of Mirabella's "l,000 Women for the l990's." She is listed in the current editions of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN.

Mickey Pearlman is the author of:

WHAT TO READ, THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR READING GROUP MEMBERS AND OTHER BOOK LOVERS (HarperCollins)

LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES (Houghton Mifflin)

and the co-author of:

A VOICE OF ONE'S OWN (w/ Katherine Usher Henderson), (Houghton)

TILLIE OLSEN (w/ Abby H.P. Werlock) (Twayne)

She is the editor of:

AMERICAN WOMEN WRITING FICTION: MEMORY, IDENTITY, FAMILY, SPACE (Ky.)

MOTHER PUZZLES: DAUGHTERS AND MOTHERS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
LITERATURE (Greenwood)

THE ANNA BOOK: SEARCHING FOR ANNA IN LITERARY HISTORY (Greenwood)

CANADIAN WOMEN WRITING FICTION (Mississippi)

BETWEEN FRIENDS (Houghton Mifflin)

A PLACE CALLED HOME (St. Martin's)

A FEW THOUSAND WORDS ABOUT LOVE (Griffin)