Mary Rose O'Reilley is an American poet, novelist, and writer of non-fiction.

Life

O'Reilley was born in

Pampa The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil ...

, Texas, and educated in

Roseville Roseville may refer to: Australia *Roseville, New South Wales Canada * Roseville, Ontario Malta * RoseVille (aka Villa Roseville), a house in Attard, Malta South Africa *Roseville, Pretoria, a suburb United Kingdom *Roseville, Dudley United S ...

and

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, Minnesota. She was raised a Catholic and is now a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She has spent time in Buddhist practice, in particular under Thich Nhat Hanh. She graduated from the

College of St. Catherine St. Catherine University (St. Kate's) is a private Catholic university in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was established as one of the first institutions of higher learning specifically for women in the Midwest and was known as the College of St. C ...

and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. From 1978 to 2006, she taught English and environmental studies at the College/

University of St. Thomas St. Thomas University or University of St. Thomas may refer to: *Saint Thomas Aquinas University, Colombia *Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North, Tucumán province, Argentina *St. Thomas University (Canada), Fredericton, New Brunswick *St. ...

. O'Reilley lives on an island in Puget Sound.

Awards

* 2005

Walt Whitman Award The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreach ...

* Contemplative Studies Grant from the American Council of Learned Societies * Bush Artist Grant * McKnight Award of Distinction *2018 Brighthorse Prize for the novel (''Bright Morning Stars)''

Works

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Fiction

Poetry

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Non-fiction

* *The Garden at Night. Heinemann *Radical Presence. Heinemann * *

''Ploughshares''

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oreilley, Mary Rose Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Pampa, Texas Writers from Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Catherine University alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) faculty People from Roseville, Minnesota American women poets Poets from Minnesota Poets from Texas American women academics