Edie Clark

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Edie Clark
BornDecember 10, 1948 - July 7, 2024 [1]
Summit, New Jersey
OccupationAuthor and journalist
Alma mater Beaver College
Notable worksThe Place He Made
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Edythe ("Edie") Sterling Clark was an American nonfiction author who lived in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. She was known for her writings with Yankee magazine, and books on New England life.

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Early life

Clark was born in Summit, New Jersey, and graduated from Beaver College, now known as Arcadia University. [2] In 1973 she and her first husband moved to New Hampshire, as a part of the country life movement. [2]

Writing

Clark's first book, The Place He Made, [3] is a memoir of her husband, Paul Bolton, who died of cancer at the age of 39. In the book Clark examined her recent experience of cancer and at death. The New York Times Book Review called The Place He Made "a triumph of the human spirit . . . sure to take its place among the best of the literature." [4] Subsequent works include As Simple As That, [5] which is a collection of her essays and vignettes from the Mary's Farm columns she wrote for Yankee, and Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary's Farm, [6] a combination of memoir and recipes.

Clark also wrote for Yankee magazine, with her first article appearing in 1979. [2] Several of Clark's stories appeared in the 1985 edition of the "Best of Yankee Magazine", including "Abby Rockefeller's Graywater Greenhouse" (January 1979), "The First Frost" (September), and "The Man Who'd Sooner Lamps" (November). [7] In writing the forward for the edition, the editor noted that one nomination for articles that should be included indicated "anything by Edie Clark". [7]

In 2001, Clark created the text for an orchestral work entitled Monadnock Tales in collaboration with composer Larry Siegel which was first presented in Keene, New Hampshire. [8]

A moving obituary contains many details of her life. [9]

Selected publications

2003 As Simple as That 2004 The View from Mary’s Farm 2007 Monadnock Tales 2014 States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees

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References

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    • Stuttaford, Genevieve (April 24, 1995). "Nonfiction -- The Place He Made by Edie Clark". Publishers Weekly; New York. Vol. 242, no. 17. p. 55 via ProQuest.
    • Willison, Marilyn (1995-09-17). "Strange, true story a hardy testament to love". The Palm Beach Post. p. 125. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  4. Viorst, Judith (1995-07-16). "Deaths in the Family". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  5. Review of As Simple As That
  6. Reviews of Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers
    • Bushnell, Bill (2008-03-30). "A funny cooking and eating memoir". Morning Sentinel. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
    • Rule (11 November 2007). "Lots of good food and good company with Edie Clark; 'Yankee' writer shares the comforts of home". Concord Monitor; Concord, N.H. [Concord, N.H] via ProQuest.
  7. 1 2 Hale, Judson D.; Yankee (Dublin, N. H. ) (1985). The Best of Yankee magazine : 50 years of New England. Internet Archive. Dublin, N.H. : Yankee Books. ISBN   978-0-89909-079-5.
  8. Reed, Elodie (January 14, 2014). "Telling stories in verse". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  9. "Edie Clark". Cremation Society. Retrieved 16 August 2024.