Mary Cappello is a writer and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island.
[1] She is the author of five books of literary nonfiction, and her essays and experimental prose have been published in The Georgia Review,[2] Salmagundi[3] and Cabinet Magazine.
[4] Her work has been featured in The New York Times,[5] Salon,[6] The Huffington Post,[7] in guest author blogs for Powell's Books,[8] and on six separate occasions as Notable Essay of the Year in Best American Essays.
[9][10][11] A 2011 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts/Nonfiction,[12] she recently received a 2015 Berlin Prize from The American Academy in Berlin, a fellowship awarded to scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields.
[13] Cappello is originally from Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside Philadelphia.