Mollee Kruger (born March 28, 1929) is an American poet, journalist, and memorialist who currently lives in Rockville, Maryland.[1] She is best known for her light verse about history and politics as well as contemporary Jewish themes underscored by Biblical references.
Mollee Kruger | |
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| Born | Mollee Coppel March 28, 1929 (age 95) Bel Air, Maryland, U.S. |
| Nationality (legal) | American |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1941–present |
| Website | http://www.molleekruger.com/ |
Kruger’s eclectic work appeared in ‘Unholy Writ’, a weekly syndicated column of light verse, which ran from 1967–1987 in the Jewish press.[2] Often compared to Ogden Nash and Dorothy Parker, she has written seven poetry collections, two of them on feminist topics. Her most recent work includes The Cobbler’s Last, a memoir of small-town life during the Great Depression, and Swift Seasons, a novel about love and aging, published in 2016 when she was eighty-seven.[3]
Kruger's papers are held by on Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland, her alma mater.[4] Her husband was metallurgist Jerome Kruger, an employee of NIST and professor at Johns Hopkins.[5]
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- Kosher Salt: Contemporary Jewish American Folk Poetry, Humor, and Philosophic Farfel (Rockville, MD), 2017.
- The Swift Seasons, Maryben Books (Rockville, MD), 2016.
- The Cobbler's Last, Maryben Books (Rockville, MD), 2010.
- A Purse of Humorous Verse for the Jewish Woman, Biblio Press (New York, NY), 2005.
- Ladies First: Rhymes & Times of the Presidents' Wives & Other Female Fantasies, Maryben Books (Rockville, MD), 1995.
- Admiral of the Mosquitoes/Columbus and America in Light and Dark Verse, Maryben Books (Rockville, MD), 1990.
- Daughters of Chutzpah, Biblio Press (New York, NY), 1983.
- Yankee Shoes, Biblio Press (New York, NY), 1975.
- More Unholy Writ, Biblio Press (New York, NY), 1973.
- Unholy Writ, Biblio Press (New York, NY), 1970.
- Port of Call, Maryben Books (Rockville, MD), 2020.
References edit
- ^ "2015 - MEET MOLLEE KRUGER". Hebrew Home. 6 March 2015.
- ^ August, Bernice (4 January 2002). "Mollee Kruger: Never at a loss for words". The Gazette.
- ^ "BOOKS AVAILABLE". Mollee Kruger Homepage.
- ^ "Mollee Coppel Kruger papers". University of Maryland Digital Collections. University of Maryland. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Jerome Kruger, scientist, professor". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2017.