Background
Ashley, Renee was born on August 10, 1949 in Palo Alto, California, United States.
("…Tomorrow is our anniversary. Tomorrow we have been marr...)
"…Tomorrow is our anniversary. Tomorrow we have been married at least one thousand years." How does a woman move from one life to another? Can she? In this lyrical and often very funny novel, thirty-seven year old Dore Dover searches for answers both in the familiar territories of old friendships and the mapless terrain of marriage. What hope can there be for a woman who says aloud, "I drag that old life with me like a dead cat in a sack"? "It has been pointed out to me that I am undefined, that I don't know what I want, and that this is my whole problem. It is entirely probable. If I knew what I wanted, I'd just go get it. But as it is, I don't know, and so here I sit on this damp stoop, outside a house we no longer own, leaving, with a husband whom, it is quite probable, I do not love, to go live in a rather isolated area, which, some time ago, gave me a great deal of pleasure. "I am too old for this…" Dore takes on the world and herself in this first novel by acclaimed poet Renée Ashley. While the ground is shifting beneath her, Dore discovers what her truths might be in the troubled places within herself.
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consultant writer creative writing educator
Ashley, Renee was born on August 10, 1949 in Palo Alto, California, United States.
Bachelor in English with honors, San Francisco State University, 1979. Bachelor in French, San Francisco State University, 1979. Bachelor in World and Comparative Literature, San Francisco State University, 1979.
Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, 1981.
Instructor creative writing, West Milford (New Jersey) Cmty. School, 1983-1985;
creative writing instructor, consultant artist residencies, Rockland Center for Arts, West Nyack, New York, since 1985. Adjunct Professor of English division William Paterson College, 1995-1997, committee artsdivsn.
Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey, 1989-1993. Visiting poet Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, since 1987, Morris Area Council on Arts, 1989-1991. On site evaluator New Jersey State Council on Arts, since 1989, Bergen County (New Jersey) Department Cultural and History Affairs, since 1990.
Lecturer in field.
("…Tomorrow is our anniversary. Tomorrow we have been marr...)
(Book by Ashley, Renee)
Assistant poetry coordinator Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, since 1997. Member Modern Language Association, Academy American Poets, Poetry Society American (Ruth Lake Memorial award 1987, Robert H. Winner award 1989), National Council Teachers English.