Joan Williams

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Joan Williams



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JOAN WILLIAMS is the author of five novels, including The Morning and the Evening, which won the John P. Marquand First Novel Award, and a collection of short stories.

Ms Williams received her B.A. from Bard College and M.A. from Fairfield University, where she taught creative writing. She is the recipient of a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Average rating: 3.83 · 200 ratings · 32 reviews · 41 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Morning and the Evening

3.62 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1961 — 19 editions
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County Woman

4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions
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The Wintering

2.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions
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Pariah: And other stories

4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions
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Old Powder Man

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions
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Pay the Piper

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions
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Remembering: Joan Williams'...

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Cormorant Bay

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Jump Now, Mrs Williams: A m...

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COUNTRY WOMAN

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“I get so sick of people asking me, “Do you work?” Of course I work! I’ve got five children under ten—I work twenty four hours a day! But of course they mean, “Do you work for pay, outside your home?” Sometimes I hear myself say, “No, I don’t work,” and I think, “That’s a complete lie!”
Joan Williams, Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What To Do About It



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