Margaret Wolfson + Books

PUBLICATIONS

…a flowing, incantatory text...encrusted with poetic epithets...so well are art and text wedded that readers will close the book and feel as if they are the ones who have been in a dream.

~ Kirkus, pointered

Selected Fiction & Non-Fiction: Marriage of the Rain Goddess (translated into Korean, Danish, and Swedish), the Patient Stone, Turtle Songs, Mother of Beauty, and the Edgar Bronfman Haggadah (co-authored with Edgar Bronfman, Sr.)

Literary Grants & Awards: The United Kingdom Reading Association Award; Poets and Writers; New York State Council on the Arts; Aramco; National Endowment for the Humanities; Pushcart Editor’s Choice nomination

Praise

“This is a direct, lyrical, searingly honest, redemptive evocation of the primal mother-daughter connection, of the reality of loss and the private immortality that love brings. It is one of the most moving texts I have read about these themes.“

~ Jonathan Galassi, President and Publisher
Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux (Mother of Beauty)

“Wolfson's use of poetic language conveys a sense of wonder beyond the earthly world and Parms's bold pastel illustrations give heroic import to the story.”

~ School Library Journal (Marriage of the Rain Goddess)

“This engrossing, enlightening tale uses action to deliver the message and works well on several levels.”

~ Booklist (Patient Stone)

“Lushly colored illustrations accompany this well told-tale. Folklore collections will benefit from this unusual addition.”

~ School Library Journal (Turtle Songs)

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