Michael Pearson (author)

Michael Patrick Pearson (born June 18, 1949) is an American author of hundreds of essays[1] and eight books — a novel, Shohola Falls (2003),[2][3] and seven works of non-fiction; Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America (a New York Times Notable Book of 1992),[4][5] A Place That's Known: Essays (1994), John McPhee (1997), Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx[6] [7](1999), Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea[8][9][10] (2008), Reading Life: On Books, Memory and Travel (2015), The Road to Dungannon: Journeys in Literary Ireland (2023).[11]

Michael Pearson
BornMichael Patrick Pearson
(1949-06-18) June 18, 1949
OccupationWriter
SpouseJoEllen Pearson
Website
michaelpatrickpearson23.com

For a decade, from 1997 to 2006, he directed the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He currently teaches non-fiction writing and American literature at ODU.

Bibliography

Non-fiction books
  • Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America. University Press of Mississippi, 1991. ISBN 978-0815606604. Paperback Reprint: Syracuse University Press, 2000.  Kindle Edition, Dzanc Books, 2014.
  • A Place That’s Known: Essays. University Press of Mississippi, 1994. ISBN 978-0878056729. Kindle Edition, Dzanc Books, 2014.
  • John McPhee. Twayne Publishers, 1997. ISBN 978-0805746242. Kindle Edition, Dzanc Books, 2014.
  • Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx. Syracuse University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0815605614.
  • Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea. Syracuse University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0815609094.
  • Reading Life: On Books, Memory and Travel. Mercer University Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-88146-542-6.
  • The Road to Dungannon: Journeys in Literary Ireland. McFarland and Company Publishers, 2023. ISBN 978-0-88146-775-8.

Novels

References
  1. Gardner, C. A. (August 1, 2005). "The Locus of the Imagination: An Interview with Michael Pearson". Virginia Libraries. 51 (2). doi:10.21061/valib.v51i2.968.
  2. Rasmussen, R. Kent (2007). Critical companion to Mark Twain: a literary reference to his life and work. Infobase Publishing. p. 1036. ISBN 978-0-8160-5398-8. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  3. "Interview with Michael Pearson". Creative Nonfiction. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  4. Howarth, William (February 16, 1992). "Where The Wild Writers Were". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  5. "Notable Books of the Year 1992". The New York Times. December 6, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  6. "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK BOOKSHELF; The Bronx Is Up: Three Whose Journey Began There". The New York Times. December 12, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  7. "This Point in Space and Time (on The Boy with the Thorn in His Side: A Memoir by Keith Fleming; Honky by Dalton Conley; Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx by Michael Pearson; Winning the Dust Bowl by Carter Revard; and Cidermaster of Rio Oscura by Harvey Frauenglass) – The Georgia Review". thegeorgiareview.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  8. Pearson, Michael (October 6, 2011). "All the Gin Joints". The Morning News. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. Pearson, Michael (September 22, 2011). "We Must Walk the Camino Together". The Morning News. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  10. "[Innocents Abroad Too] | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  11. "ODU Prof Michael Pearson Looks Inward for Seventh Book". Old Dominion University. Retrieved July 13, 2019.

12. "Homeward Bound: A Review of THE ROAD TO DUNGANNON, October 2023, https://veermag.com/2023/09/book-review-homeward-bound/

13. THE ROAD TO DUNGANNON, published July 27, 2023: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Dungannon-Journeys-Literary-Ireland/dp/1476691592/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2VAB8GI8AG9NN&keywords=the+road+to+dungannon&qid=1678135979&s=books&sprefix=the+road+to+dungannon%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1

14. List of people from the Bronx -- artists, actors, musicians, writers, politicians, and sports figures


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