Cyra McFadden
Forfatter af The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County
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Cyra McFadden has been a newspaper columnist, a freelance writer for several national publications, and a book author. Her weekly column appeared in the San Francisco Examiner from 1985 to 1991. Her freelance articles have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, and The vis mere Nation. Her books include "The Serial," a satire on life in Marin County, California, which was adapted to film. McFadden's other works include "Rain or Shine," a family memoir. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women (1990) — Efterskrift — 20 eksemplarer
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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Although The Serial was written as a satire, the joke, which is an inside joke to anyone who grew up in Marin in the 70's, is that so much of what Cyra McFadden pokes fun at actually happened.
As a transplant from Southern California, I arrived in Marin in 1973. And it was a happening thing. The constant jibes at consciousness raising, environmental awareness and BEcoming were something integral to life in Marin.
McFadden uses much poetic license in describing the "interrelationships" scene of that time. The irony is in the core of truth behind her story. I watched my friends parents go through wild changes and never batted an eye.
At age 16, I enrolled in est, Erhard Seminar Training, for personal growth and because it was de riguer. Much fun is poked at the consciousness raising movement but it was deadly serious.
I thoroughly enjoyed McFadden's sense of humor and her attention to detail. Especially the walk down memory lane of historical places in Marin.
Ultimately, I had to reflect upon why, when I left California, people I encountered from the rest of the world thought I was such a fruit loop. A great read.… (mere)