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Inconsiderate Madness: a narrative sequence of poems about the life of Mary Dyer, a Quaker martyr.
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Poetry. Women's Studies. In addition to being chosen as the winner of the 2005 Black River Chabook Competition, INCONSIDERATE MADNESS was also named as a finalist for the 2008 Julia Ward Howe Award by the Boston Authors Club, and as a Highly Recommended Book by Massbooks of the Year in the 8th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. Seven poems from the book were selected by composer Dr. Lynn Petersen as the basis for her song cycle, "Mary Dyer, Martyr," which premiered in 2006 in Missoula, Montana. One of the poems in the chapbook, "Return of Mary Dyer, Who Anticipates Execution, May 1660," was aWorcester Review Honorable Mention in the 2006 Worcester County Poetry Association competition.
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