Maureen Adams

Maureen Adams

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Author Biography

Maureen Adams is a licensed clinical psychologist and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco where she teaches graduate classes in counseling psychology. Before moving to California, she taught English at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
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Influences

Vicki Hearne, Caroline Knapp, Doris Lessing

Web Links

Shaggy Muses

Maureen Adams's Blog

In Memory of Emily Dickinson, 12/10/1830 - 5/15/1886
May 14, 2008
- On May 15, 1886, Emily Dickinson died after a two-year illness probably caused by hypertension. She died in her own bed with her brother Austin sitting beside her. Emily’s last letter, written to her cousins, contained only the words “Called back,” which were later carved on her tombstone. As she had asked of Lavinia, Emily’s funeral service was small, with only the family and Thomas ...
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Published Works

Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams

Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte

Published Reviews

a curious sense of identification with another spirit by Margaret Forster, author of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The Life and Loves of a Poet
human/animal bond by Temple Grandin , author of Animals in Translation
... sweet, quirky book by Publishers Weekly
Written with lively, accessible prose, ... by Booklist
... affecting and engaging. by Kirkus Reviews
Dog lovers and literary groupies by Bookpage
literature, biography and dogs... by Bark Magazine
Move over Marley by The Chicago Tribune