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 Maryjane Meaker is truly among the more fascinating authors of the 20th century. She publishes under several pseudonyms (Vin Packer, Ann Aldrich, M.E. Kerr, and Maryjane Meaker) and adopts a different litarary persona with each pen-name, even going so far as to write an autobiography in her "young adult" pen-name (M.E. Kerr) which reflects that specific authorial persona but edits events of life which are included in other autobiographical works issued under other pen-names. In addition, the theme of masks and hidden identities runs through her work organizing her disparate voices into one complex, rich and highly reflective body of work. Graduate students go to work, her work will bear treasure with a little digging! Writing as the masculine-sounding "Vin Packer," Meaker broke into the generally male world of pulp-fiction scribes, writing a series of thrillers for Gold Medal. She soon tipped her hand and "came out" with a landmark work of lesbiana (SPRING FIRE, 1952) and then carried on in her lesbiana career as Ann Aldrich, while still offering thrillers under the original Vin Packer pen-name. Publishing as she did at a time when much lesbiana was written by men as turn-on fiction, her lesbiana truly reflects the experiences of women from the late-40s through the 1970s. She is beautifully honest, sensitive and intelligent as she presents the lesbian experience. Rumour has it, she was involved in a lng relationship with fellow writer Patricia Highsmith throughout the late 50s-and-60s. Towards the late 60s, Meaker embarked on a "young adult" fiction career (as M.E. Kerr) and won a lasting audience (with works like DINKY HOCKER SHOOTS SMACK). Thankfully, she is still writing as insightfully as ever.
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An Aldrich (Maryjane Meaker) MacFadden 125-118 (1972) FINE MINUS $325  |
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