Amy Bloom
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| Amy Bloom at the English Theatre Berlin, March 2015 Amy Bloom at the English Theatre Berlin, March 2015 | |
| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Occupation | Writer, psychotherapist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) Smith College (MSW) |
| Relatives | Michael Lubell (brother-in-law) |
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Amy Beth Bloom (born 1953) is an American writer and psychotherapist. She is professor of creative writing at Wesleyan University, and has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Bloom is the daughter of Murray Teigh Bloom (1916–2009),[1] an author, and Sydelle J. Cohen, a psychotherapist.[2] Bloom received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater/Political Science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Wesleyan University, and a M.S.W. (Master of Social Work) from Smith College.[3]
Trained as a social worker, she has practiced psychotherapy. Currently, Bloom is the Kim-Frank Family University Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University[4] (effective July 1, 2010).[5] Previously, she was a senior lecturer of creative writing in the department of English at Yale University,[6] where she taught Advanced Fiction Writing, Writing for Television, and Writing for Children.[7][8]
Bloom has written articles in periodicals including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, Slate, and Salon.com. Her short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories and several other anthologies, and has won a National Magazine Award.[8] In 1993, Bloom was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction for Come to Me: Stories and in 2000 was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You.[9]
Having undergone training as a clinical social worker at the Smith College School for Social Work, Bloom used her understanding of psychotherapy in creating the 2007 Lifetime Television network TV show, State of Mind, which looked at the professional lives of psychotherapists. She is listed as creator, co-executive producer, and head writer for the series.[3][10]
In August 2012, Bloom published her first children's book, entitled Little Sweet Potato (HarperCollins). According to The New York Times, the story "follows the trials of a 'lumpy, dumpy, bumpy' young tuber who is accidentally expelled from his garden patch and must find a new home. On his journey, he is castigated first by a bunch of xenophobic carrots, then by a menacing gang of vain eggplants."[11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Bloom currently resides in Connecticut. Though sometimes referred to as a cousin of literary critic Harold Bloom, she says their "cousinhood is entirely artificial and volitional".[12]
She has been married to two men, with a relationship with a woman in between. She has three children with her first husband, James Donald Moon.[13] Her sister, Ellen Bloom, is married to physicist Michael Lubell.[14] The assisted death of her second husband, Brian Ameche, is the subject of her memoir, In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss.
Her father was the freelance writer Murray Teigh Bloom,[15] a founder and former president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.[16][17][18]
Works
[edit | edit source]Fiction
[edit | edit source]Novels
[edit | edit source]- Love Invents Us (1997)
- Away (2007)
- Lucky Us (2014)
- White Houses (2018)
- I'll Be Right Here (2025)
Short stories
[edit | edit source]- Come to Me: Stories (1993)
- A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories (2000)
- The Story (2006)
- Where the God of Love Hangs Out (2009)
- Rowing to Eden (2015)
Non-fiction
[edit | edit source]- Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Cross-dressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude (2002)
- In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss (2022)
Screenplays, teleplays and television shows
[edit | edit source]- State of Mind (2007)
- Wish Dragon (2021)
References
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- ^ Holder, Bill. "Bloom '75 Named to New Writer-in-Residence Position", The Wesleyan Connection, April 21, 2010.
- ^ Yale Bulletin & Calendar Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, February 23, 2007.
- ^ Cies, Alison. "Critically Acclaimed Author Amy Bloom '75 To Join Wesleyan Faculty", The Wesleyan Argus, April 16, 2010.
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- ^ The National Book Critics Circle Award: 2000 Winners & Finalists
- ^ Amy Bloom at IMDb
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- ^ Mark McEvoy, "Amy Bloom has an affection for people who lie for a living", The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Amy Bloom's Official Site
- An Interview with Amy Bloom at Rollins College (March 2015) Archived March 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Identity Theory Interview: Amy Bloom
- New York State Writer's Institute: Amy Bloom
- Amy Bloom Faculty Biography at Yale University
- Speaking of Stories: Amy Bloom
- Interview with Richard Wolinsky on KPFA-FM (August 21, 2008)
- Interview with Richard Wolinsky on KPFA-FM (September 4, 2014)
- "A Portion of Your Loveliness" a short story, Narrative Magazine (Winter 2007).
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- 20th-century American novelists
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- 20th-century American women novelists
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
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- 21st-century American psychologists
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- 21st-century American women novelists
- American bisexual women
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- American women psychologists
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- Bisexual women writers
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- Living people
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