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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 Bloom is the daughter of Murray Teigh Bloom (1916–2009), an author, and Sydelle J. Cohen, a psychotherapist. 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. Trained as a social worker, she has practiced psychotherapy. Currently, Bloom is the Kim-Frank Family University Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University (effective July 1, 2010). Previously, she was a senior lecturer of creative writing in the department of English at Yale University, where she taught Advanced Fiction Writing, Writing for Television, and Writing for Children. 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. 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. 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. 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." Personal life 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". 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. Her sister, Ellen Bloom, is married to physicist Michael Lubell. The assisted death of Amy Bloom’s 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, a founder and former president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Works Fiction Novels Love Invents Us (1997) Away (2007) Lucky Us (2014) White Houses (2018) Short stories 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 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 State of Mind (2007) Wish Dragon (2021) References External links 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).. Discover the Amy Bloom popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Amy Bloom books.
Best Seller Amy Bloom Books of 2024
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This Is Assisted Dying
Stefanie GreenAn international bestseller, this compassionate memoir by a leading pioneer in medically assisted dying who helps suffering patients explore and fulfill their end of life choices i...
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The Best American Poetry 2020
David LehmanThe 2020 edition of contemporary American poetry returns, guest edited by Paisley Rekdal, the awardwinning poet and author of Nightingale, proving that this is “a ‘best’ anthology ...
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Our American Friend
Anna PitoniakA globespanning thriller of love and betrayal about a mysterious first lady with an explosive secret.Paris, 1974. Lara Orlov and her family arrive from Moscow at the height of the ...
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The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Alice HoffmanThe “spellbinding” (People, 4 stars), New York Times bestseller from the author of The Dovekeepers: an extraordinary novel about an electric and impassioned love affair“an enchanti...
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Tears Over Russia
Lisa BrahinA sweeping saga of a family and community fighting for survival against the ravages of history.Set between events depicted in Fiddler on the Roof and ...
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In Love
Amy BloomNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful memoir of a love that leads two people to find a courageous way to partand a woman’s struggle to go forward in the face of lossthat “enriches ...
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What Looks Like Bravery
Laurel BraitmanA true story about the ways loss can transform us into the people we want to become.“What Looks Like Bravery is a gorgeous, tender, and beautiful book. I'm in tears with the happys...
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Paris, 7 A.M.
Liza Wieland“A marvel of lost innocence” (O, The Oprah Magazine) that reimagines three lifechanging weeks poet Elizabeth Bishop spent in Paris amidst the imminent threat of World War II. June ...
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The Books That Changed My Life
Bethanne PatrickOne hundred of today’s most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their heartsthat made them who they are today.Leading authors, p...
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Losing My Voice to Find It
Mark StuartThe incredible story of a lead singer's rise to fame and his crushing fall when he lost his singing voice, his career, and his marriageand then found a new calling more in tune wit...
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Dirty Faxes
Andrew Davies'Coming a little nearer to Scannell's own situation, au pairs have a long, well established and respectable tradition as persons into whom it is OK, even de rigeur, to dip the seig...
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The Myth of Surrender
Kelly O'Connor McNeesWhat does it mean to give up a child? A powerful new novel explores two women whose paths intersect at a maternity home in the "Baby Scoop Era."
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The Beauty of Dusk
Frank BruniFrom New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes “a book about vision loss that becomes testimony to human courage, a moving memoir that offers perspective, c...
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New and Selected Poems
David LehmanA major collection of poems from one of our most accomplished poets, the prominent man of letters behind The Best American Poetry series.Drawing from a wealth of material produced ...
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You Will Be Safe Here
Damian BarrShortlisted for the Saltire Society Literary Awards Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR An extraordinary debut that explores legacies of abuse, redemption, and the stre...
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Ailleurs plus loin
Amy Bloom1924. Fuyant la Russie après le massacre de sa famille lors d'un pogrom, Lilian Leyb, vingtdeux ans, débarque à New York. Elle loue un demimatelas dans un appartement surpeuplé et ...
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The Best of the Best American Poetry
David Lehman & Harold BloomEvery year since 1988 a major poet has selected seventyfive poems for publication in The Best American Poetry. The series has quickly grown in both sales and prestige, as poetry it...
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Good Night, My Darling Dear
Amy KavelarisHold your little one close as you celebrate your love for one another. This exquisitely illustrated book honors the wonder of childhood, dreams of who your little one will someday ...
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Good Morning, Little One
Amy KavelarisReassure kids that God is carrying them throughout the day with these morning affirmations and whimsical illustrations from beloved author Amy Kavelaris. Adorable animals...
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Love Invents Us
Amy BloomA sharp and funny, rueful, and uncompromisingly real tale of growing upfrom National Book Award finalist Amy BloomA chubby girl with smudged pink harlequin glasses and a habit of s...
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In Their Lives
Andrew BlaunerThe perfect gift for any Beatles fan, In Their Lives is an anthology of essays from a chorus of twentynine luminaries singing the praises of their favorite Beatles songs. The Beatl...
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Lex WillifordFifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more ...