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ⓘ About Mary Karr
Mary Karr is an award-winning memoirist, poet, songwriter, and essayist from East Texas. She was born and raised in Texas and has authored many critically acclaimed works of fiction and poetry. As for how she started writing, Mary Karr has asserted that writing is something that she always wanted to do from a very early age. When she read her first poem as a child, she was touched by a burning taper that set her alight, even though she was just a kid. She still works a day job at Syracuse University as a Peck Professor of Literature and makes her home in New York City. This action catapults her into the well-to-do upper classes where she hopes to finally escape her gritty Texas shame.
All Book Series by Mary Karr
White Ink: Poems on Mothers and Motherhood
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2007
Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mary Karr?
Mary Karr is an award-winning memoirist, poet, songwriter, and essayist from East Texas. She was born and raised in Texas and has authored many critically acclaimed works of fiction and poetry. As for how she started writing, Mary Karr has asserted that writing is something that she always wanted to do from a very early age.
Which Mary Karr series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Mary Karr Poems series, the earliest of Mary Karr's multi-book series: it opens with Abacus (1987) and runs to 5 books across 1987–2018, ending with Tropic of Squalor (2018). Mary Karr's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Mary Karr written?
Mary Karr has 15 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1987 and 2023. 8 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Mary Karr Poems series with 5 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mary Karr's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mary Karr's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mary Karr Poems (1987–2018, 5 books) and The Liars' Club (1995–2009, 3 books).
How are Mary Karr's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mary Karr's 15 books into 2 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Mary Karr Poems (5 books, 1987–2018); The Liars' Club (3 books, 1995–2009).