Doris M. Isaac (1918-07-12)July 12, 1918 New York City, U.S.
Died
November 4, 2022(2022-11-04) (aged 104) Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
Novelist
memoirist
biographer
professor
bookstore owner
Alma mater
Washington Square College of New York University Cornell University
Spouse
Leonard Grumbach
(m. 1941; div. 1972)
Partner
Sybil Pike (1972–2021; her death)[1]
Children
4
Doris M. Grumbach (néeIsaac; July 12, 1918 – November 4, 2022) was an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist. She taught at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and American University in Washington, D.C., and was literary editor of The New Republic for several years. She published many novels highlighting and focusing on gay and lesbian characters. For two decades, she and her partner, Sybil Pike, operated a bookstore, Wayward Books, in Sargentville, Maine.[2]
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^"Happy 100th Birthday to Memoirist, Author, Professor, and NPR Contributor Doris Grumbach". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
Doris M. Grumbach (née Isaac; July 12, 1918 – November 4, 2022) was an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist. She taught...
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