In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. Nobody knows that - but now I've said it, haven't I? I'm strictly a shower singer at the minute. Mary Gordon canadaearlyfolk share on social
It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. Mary Gordon belongcouragefiction Change image and share on social
'Catholic writer' seems like you have an agenda of evangelization, as if you were somehow influenced in your choice of perspective by dogma or canon law. That has nothing to do with me. I don't have a lot in common with other 'Catholic' writers. Mary Gordon agendumcanoncatholic share on social
Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed. Mary Gordon dispossessgreatvocation Change image and share on social
I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist. Mary Gordon artistlifemoral Change image and share on social
We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does. Mary Gordon deservehappiness Change image and share on social
Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a public political stance. And I think more and more young women are claiming that they're not feminists - even though they are. Mary Gordon claimfeminismfeminist share on social
If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and to describe some fictional enterprises as false is pointless. Mary Gordon baddescribeenterprise Change image and share on social
My life is so much better than I thought it was going to be. Mary Gordon lifethink Change image and share on social
I could not write without my dog, Rhoda, a Lab-chow mix. Mary Gordon chowdoglab Change image and share on social
