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Esther Frances Masserman

Born: 07/08/1927   Detroit , MI
Died: 06/21/2011
Parents: Paul B. and Beatrice W. Masserman
Spouse: Robert Broner
Children: Sari, Adam, Jeremy, Nahama
Address(es):
Last known address:
Manhattan , NY
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Red Squad Fiction , Michigan Adult New York : Pantheon Books 2009
Bringing Home the Light : A Jewish Woman's Handbook of Rituals Non Fiction Adult San Francisco, CA ; Tulsa, OK : Council Oak Books 1999
Ghost Stories Fiction , Short Stories Adult New York : Global City Press 1995
Mornings and Mourning: A Kaddish Journal Non Fiction Adult [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco 1994
Women's Haggadah
- with Naomi Nimrod ; Hebrew translations by Efrat Freiman. 		Non Fiction Adult [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco 1994
Safe Haven Drama Adult Staged Reading in New York at Y on 92nd St. 1986
Letters to My Television Past Drama Adult Staged Reading in New York at Y on 92nd St. 1985
The Lost Tradion : Mothers and Daughters in Literature
- Editor of collection of essays with Cathy N. Davidson 		Non Fiction Adult New York : F. Ungar Pub. Co. 1981
Image of A Weave of Women A Weave of Women
- Publication years: 1978, 1982, 1985. 		Fiction Adult Bloomington : Indiana University Press 1978 -1985
Body Parts of Margaret Fuller Drama Adult First Porduced in Detroit at Hillberry Theatre, Wayne State University 1976
Playwrights Horizons Drama Adult First Produced in New York 1976
Her Mothers
- (Publication Years: 1975, 1985 reprinted) 		Fiction Adult Bloomington : Indiana University Press 1975 -1985
The Telling: The Story of a Group of Jewish Women Who Journey to Spirtituality through Community and Ceremony
- as E.M. Broner. 		Non Fiction Adult [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSan Francisco 1968 -1993
Journal/Nocturnal and Seven Stories
- Novella and stories 		Fiction , Short Stories Adult New York, Harcourt, Brace & World 1968
Wait Till I Swallow My Saliva
- Television Play 		Drama Adult Broadcast on WXYZ-TV 1968
Summer is a Foreign Land
- (Publication Years: 1962, 1966) 		Drama Adult First produced in Detroit at Studio Theatre, Wayne State University Press 1962 -1966
Analytical and Fictional Conversations
- Collaboration with analyst Barbara S. Kane 		Non Fiction
Other writings:
- Several articles in these and many other publications: Ms. Magazine, Commentary, Massachusetts Review, Antioch Review, Nimrod and others 		Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Intelligence, a lyrical tongue, courage to be in the forefront. My work ethic is such that when I'm on a project, I work furiously. When not on a special project or deadline, I work more erratically.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.); and Graduate Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1930

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Visiting teacher Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville , NY 1982
Visiting Professor Hebrew Univesity, Oberlin College and University of California 1979
Haifa University 1972 -1975
Began as insturctor in creative writing and now Professor Emerita
- Department of English 		Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1962 -2002
Full-time writer

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