Marilyn Sides is an American writer and a

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in the English Department of Wellesley College,

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where she teaches

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and

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courses. Her collection of short stories, '' The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife and Other Tales'' (Harmony), was published in 1996. The title story was selected to appear in the 1990 '' O. Henry Prize Stories'' collection and inspired the 2001 British-Dutch feature film

The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife ''The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife'' is a 2001 British-Dutch film directed by Michie Gleason, with a screenplay by Michie Gleason based on a short story by Marilyn Sides Marilyn Sides is an American writer and a senior lecturer in the Engl ...

Michie Gleason Michie Gleason is a film director and screenplay writer who has written and directed three films – ''The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife'' (2001), '' Summer Heat'' (1987) and ''Broken English'' (1981). She was assistant to the director on the film ...

. Her first novel, ''

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'' (Harmony), appeared in 1999.

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