Marisa Silver

About the Author

Marisa Silver made her fictional debut in "The New Yorker". She has previously worked as a feature film director & lives in Los Angeles. (Bowker Author Biography)

Image credit: Author Marisa Silver at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53332611

Works by Marisa Silver

Popular Recent

Mary Coin (2013) 496 copies, 34 reviews

The God of War (2008) 188 copies, 4 reviews

Little Nothing (2016) 168 copies, 11 reviews

Alone With You: Stories (2010) 81 copies, 3 reviews

Babe in Paradise: Fiction (2001) 37 copies, 1 review

No Direction Home (2005) 36 copies, 1 review

The Mysteries (2021) 31 copies, 3 reviews

Permanent Record [1988 film] (2004) — Director — 4 copies

Vital Signs [1990 film] (2005) — Director — 3 copies

Mary Coin [Short Story] 1 copy

Piccolina (2017) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 556 copies

The PEN / O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 (2009) — Contributor — 101 copies

More Stories We Tell: The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women (2004) — Contributor — 62 copies

Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Contributor — 58 copies, 1 review

Here She Comes Now: Women in Music Who Have Changed Our Lives (The Mixtape Series) (2015) — Contributor — 22 copies, 1 review

Astoria to Zion: Twenty-Six Stories of Risk and Abandon from Ecotone's First Decade (2014) — Contributor — 13 copies, 1 review

Electric Literature No. 2 (2009) — Contributor — 6 copies, 1 review

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Birthdate: 1960-04-23
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Places of residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
Education: Harvard College
Occupations: screenwriter
author
film director
Relationships: Silver, Joan Miklin (mother)

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Mary Coin by Marisa Silver

Very good rendering of the intersection of lives based on two real people who created an icon of American history. A query into what is THE truth and what is the fabrication of A truth, how geography shapes destiny, and the strength of family connection.

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jemisonreads | 33 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

The Mysteries by Marisa Silver

Well-written and tragic story. Not something I would ever want to read again.

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Eliz12 | 2 other reviews | Jan 15, 2024 |

Little Nothing by Marisa Silver

I'm not sure why I finished this book. It was interesting in the beginning and then it felt like it became another story altogether. Some parts were unnecessary, in my opinion. Otherwise, this book didn't really interest me but I finished it anyways.

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pacbox | 10 other reviews | Jul 9, 2022 |

Mary Coin by Marisa Silver

I liked both the content and the writing of this book. It was very instructive regarding different aspects of life in the U.S. in the 1920's-1940's and even in to the 2000's. Both Dorothea Lange and the Migrant Mother she famously photographed are portrayed as they may have really been. I have not decided whether the addition of the Walker Dodge details were worth the confusion, but they added information. The writing and the metaphors were with dealing with, but I wonder if I would have learned more if the book had been clearer.… (more)

½

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suesbooks | 33 other reviews | Apr 6, 2022 |

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