Nancy Mairs

Take a visit to Nancy Mairs's official homepage. There, you'll find links to her works, a biography, reviews, and e-messages. (Consider, though: What makes a site "official"?)

This biography was prepared by the organizers of a reading Mairs gave in 1999. Do you think it's less trustworthy than the information found on her "official" site? Why or why not?

Click over to this page, and you'll find "Body, Mind, and Soul: An Interview with Nancy Mairs," conducted with Susanne Skubik of Mind magazine in 1997.

Study these MS-themed reviews of three of Mairs's books. Would you feel comfortable citing them in a paper about Mairs? If so, why? If not, why not?

Read this review of Waist-High in the World. After reading the review, would you like to read the book? Why or why not? What did you learn about the book from the review? Can you link any of it thematically to "On Being a Cripple"?

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Read this review of Mairs's Ordinary Time. What does the author think of the book? What did you learn about Mairs's views of religion and marriage that you didn't learn from your text?