About
Maureen Stanton is the author of "The Murmur of Everything Moving: A Memoir," winner of the Donald Jordan Prize in Literary Excellence; "Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood," winner of the 2020 Maine Literary Award in memoir, and a People Magazine "Best New Books" pick. Her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider’s Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques, and Collecting," won a Massachusetts Book Award, and was selected for Parade magazine's "12 Great Summer Books." Her essays have been widely published in literary magazines and anthologies, including Creative Nonfiction, Longreads, New England Review, Florida Review, Fourth Genre, River Teeth, and The Sun, among others. She teaches creative writing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Visit www.maureenstantonwriter.com
Featured Work
The Murmur of Everything Moving: A Memoir
Winner of the Donald Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence. When Maureen Stanton's boyfriend, Steve, at 29, was diagnosed with cancer, they embarked on an all-out effort to save his life. Meanwhile, Steve's childhood friend, Joey, a drug addict, sold Steve's pain medication to pay for Steve's experimental treatments. This beautiful and aching memoir is an odyssey through the difficult but exquisite terrain of love⸺romantic, brotherly, spiritual⸺in the face of illness.
Other Works
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Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood
2019
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Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider's Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques and Collecting
2011
Awards and Recognition
- Donald Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence, 2024
- Maine Literary Award, 2020
- Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction, 2012
- National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, 2006
- Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, 2004
- Sewanee Review nonfiction prize, 2023
