Background
Jean W. Cash was born in 1938 in Broadway, Virginia, United States.
800 S Main St, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States
In 1959 Jean W. Cash received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Madison College (now James Madison University). In 1967 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from this university. From 1967 to 1975 Cash had a postgraduate study there.
610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
In 1981 Jean W. Cash attended writing workshops at Purdue University.
110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, United States
In 1982 Jean W. Cash attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United States
Jean W. Cash attended Georgetown University in 1984.
University, MS 38677, United States
In 1983 Jean W. Cash gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Mississippi.
Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
In 1987 Jean W. Cash attended the University of Cambridge.
800 S Main St, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States
In 1959 Jean W. Cash received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Madison College (now James Madison University). In 1967 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from this university. From 1967 to 1975 Cash had a postgraduate study there.
610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
In 1981 Jean W. Cash attended writing workshops at Purdue University.
110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, United States
In 1982 Jean W. Cash attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United States
Jean W. Cash attended Georgetown University in 1984.
University, MS 38677, United States
In 1983 Jean W. Cash gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Mississippi.
Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
In 1987 Jean W. Cash attended the University of Cambridge.
(Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) ranks among the foremost wr...)
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) ranks among the foremost writers of fiction in American literature. Her short stories, in particular, are considered models of the form. Born in Savannah, O’Connor spent most of her life in Georgia and infused her work with southern characters, themes, and landscapes. A devout Catholic, she addressed the mystery of God’s grace in everyday life, often amid the grotesque, the shocking, and the violent. In this first full-length biography of the writer, Jean W. Cash draws upon extensive interviews with O’Connor’s friends, relatives, teachers, and colleagues as well as on the writer’s voluminous correspondence to provide a sensitive, balanced portrait of a fascinating woman.
https://www.amazon.com/Flannery-OConnor-Jean-W-Cash/dp/1572333057/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Flannery+O%27Connor%3A+A+Life&qid=1597243283&s=books&sr=1-4
2002
(Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South considers the write...)
Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South considers the writer's full body of work, placing it in the contexts of southern literature, Mississippi writing, and literary work about the working class. Collectively, the essays explore such subjects as Brown's treatment of class politics, race and racism, the aftereffects of the Vietnam War on American culture, the evolution of the South from a plantation-based economy to a postindustrial one, and male-female relations. The role of Brown's mentors--Ellen Douglas and Barry Hannah--in shaping his work is discussed, as is Brown's connection to such writers as Harry Crews and Dorothy Allison. The volume is one of the first critical studies of a writer whose depth and influence mark him as one of the most well-regarded Mississippi authors.
https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Brown-Blue-Collar-South-Jean/dp/1934110752/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Brown+and+the+Blue-Collar+South&qid=1597243530&s=books&sr=1-1
2008
(Larry Brown (1951-2004) was unique among writers who star...)
Larry Brown (1951-2004) was unique among writers who started their careers in the late twentieth century. Unlike most of them-his friends Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkle, Rick Bass, Kaye Gibbons, among others-he was neither a product of a writing program, nor did he teach at one. In fact, he did not even attend college. His innate talent, his immersion in the life of north Mississippi, and his determination led him to national success. Drawing on excerpts from numerous letters and material from interviews with family members and friends, Larry Brown: A Writer's Life is the first biography of a landmark southern writer.
https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Brown-Writers-Willie-Biography/dp/1604739800/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Brown%2C+A+Writer%27s+Life&qid=1597243628&s=books&sr=1-1
2011
(Essays in Rough South, Rural South describe and discuss t...)
Essays in Rough South, Rural South describe and discuss the work of southern writers who began their careers in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. They fall into two categories. Some, born into the working class, strove to become writers and learned without benefit of higher education, such writers as Larry Brown and William Gay. Others came from lower- or middle-class backgrounds and became writers through practice and education: Dorothy Allison, Tom Franklin, Tim Gautreaux, Clyde Edgerton, Kaye Gibbons, Silas House, Jill McCorkle, Chris Offutt, Ron Rash, Lee Smith, Brad Watson, Daniel Woodrell, and Steve Yarbrough. Their twenty-first-century colleagues are Wiley Cash, Peter Farris, Skip Horack, Michael Farris Smith, Barb Johnson, and Jesmyn Ward.
https://www.amazon.com/Rough-South-Rural-Southern-Literature/dp/1496802330/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Rough+South%2C+Rural+South%2C+Region+and+Class+in+Recent+Southern+Literature&qid=1597243706&s=books&sr=1-1
2016
Jean W. Cash was born in 1938 in Broadway, Virginia, United States.
In 1959 Jean W. Cash received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Madison College (now James Madison University). In 1967 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from this university. From 1967 to 1975 Cash had a postgraduate study there. In 1981 she attended writing workshops at Purdue University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982. In 1983 she gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Mississippi. Cash attended Georgetown University in 1984. In 1987 Cash attended Cambridge University.
From 1959 to 1980 Jean W. Cash taught at secondary schools in Virginia and Delaware, United States. From 1975 to 1977 she was an instructor at the University of Mississippi. In 1980 she came to James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. From 1986 to 1996 Cash served as an associate professor and was appointed a professor of English there in 1996. In 2009 she retired but still teaches college courses each semester.
She has written two books: Flannery O'Connor, A Life (2002), and Larry Brown, A Writer's Life (2011). With Keith Perry, she has edited Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South (2008) and Rough South, Rural South, Region and Class in Recent Southern Literature (2016).
Her primary areas of interest are the study of Southern literature and composition. Cash spent ten years researching and writing Flannery O'Connor: A Life. Cash first became interested in O’Connor while at the University of Mississippi, where she began to study her letters. She interviewed O'Connor’s friends and classmates, but the only family members who would cooperate with her biography were distant cousins. Although she was granted permission by O'Connor’s literary executor to quote from unpublished material for articles she published from 1986 into the 1990s, the family reversed that decision when it came to the book.
Jean W. Cash is one of the leading experts on the southern writers, Larry Brown and Flannery O'Connor. She is best known as the author of Flannery O'Connor: A Life. In 2011, Mississippi University for Women awarded her book Larry Brown: A Writer's Life the Eudora Welty Prize. In 2012, she received the C. Hugh Holman Award for the same work.
(Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South considers the write...)
2008(Essays in Rough South, Rural South describe and discuss t...)
2016(Larry Brown (1951-2004) was unique among writers who star...)
2011(Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) ranks among the foremost wr...)
2002Jean W. Cash is a member of the Modern Language Association. College English Association, the American Literature Association, Sigma Phi Lambda, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
On June 8, 1963, Jean W. Cash married Lloyd H. Cash. They have a son, Gordon W. In 2015 her husband died.
