Alex Mar is the author Seventy Times Seven and Witches of America, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Wired, The New York Times Book Review, and The Guardian, among many other outlets, as well as The Best American Magazine Writing. She was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Feature Writing in 2018. She is also the director of the feature-length documentary American Mystic. She lives in the Hudson Valley and New York City.
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Alex Mar
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell fellowships: 2012, 2017
More:
alex-mar.com
Fellow Works Supported by MacDowell
Seventy Times Seven (Nonfiction Book)
Witches of America (Nonfiction Book)
Studios
Schelling
Alex Mar worked in the Schelling studio.
Marian Nevins MacDowell funded construction of this studio the year that the organization was established and the first artists arrived for residency. It was called Bark Studio until 1933, when it was renamed in honor of Ernest Schelling, a composer, pianist, and orchestral leader who served as president of what was then called the Edward MacDowell…