Background
Hodges, Mary Bozeman was born on July 1, 1944 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Paul L. Bozeman, Charlie Mae Bozeman.
(Plastic Santa is a short collection of Christmas stories ...)
Plastic Santa is a short collection of Christmas stories set in Appalachia. Mary Hodges is a highly regarded writer whose stories are funny and sometimes bittersweet at the same time.
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(Short Stories and poetry from Southern Appalachia.)
Short Stories and poetry from Southern Appalachia.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GX8ZI0/?tag=2022091-20
Hodges, Mary Bozeman was born on July 1, 1944 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Paul L. Bozeman, Charlie Mae Bozeman.
Bachelor, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1966. Master of Education in English, University Tennessee, 1971.
Teacher English St. Andrews Junior High School, Charleston, South Carolina, 1967—1968. Teacher Latin/English Jefferson County High School, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1974—1976. Teacher English Orange Park High School, Orange Park, Florida, 1976—1978.
Teacher English LeJardin Academy, Kailua, Hawaii, 1978—1983. Secretary Emmaus United Church of Christ, Vienna, 1984—1988. Instructor English Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, since 1988.
(Plastic Santa is a short collection of Christmas stories ...)
(Short Stories and poetry from Southern Appalachia.)
Elder First Presbyterian Church, Jefferson City, since 2000. Workshop leader New Opportunities for Women, Berea, Kentucky, since 2001. Public readings Public School Systems, since 1994.
Keynote speaker African-American Appalachain Arts Society, Knoxville, 2000, Annual Storytelling Festival, Wytheville, 2000, Abingdon High School Teachers, Abingdon, Virginia, 1999. Lecturer, keynote speaker Southeast Virginia Library. Association, Abingdon, 1999.
Keynote speaker First Lady of Morristown Banquet, Morristown, Tennessee, 2000. Original readings of Christmas ALPS, 2000. Original readings Seedtime in the Cumberlands Festival, Whitesburg, Kentucky, 1999—2001.
Reading short stories Holston-Chilowee Academy, Knoxville, 1999. Readings Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1993—2002. Teacher Short Stories Hindman Writers Workshop with writer Lee Smith, 2000.
Keynote speaker Jefferson County Bicentennial Celebration, Dandridge, Tennessee, 1996. Member library committee Carson-Newman College, 1992—1994, member teacher education committee, 1994—1996. Member of Knoxville Writers Guild (reading 2000), Southern Appalachain Writers Cooperative, Tennessee Mountain Writers, National Council Teachers English, Southern Women Writers, Appalachain Studies Association (readings 1994—2001), Southern Appalachain Writers Cooperative (co-chairman 1999—2000), Sigma Tau Delta (life.
Faculty sponsor since 1996).
Married James Albert Hodges. Children: James Boyd, Amy.
