Awards and Honors

• 1971 – Outstanding book citation, New York Times and Library Journal, for To the Barricades: The Anarchist Life of Emma Goldman
• 1975-77, 1979, 1981 – MacDowell Colony for the Arts fellow
• 1978 – Millay fellow, Millay Colony for the Arts
• 1979 – DeWitt Wallace/Readers Digest fellow
• 1981 – Outstanding book citation, New York Times Book Review, for On the Stroll
• 1980 – Yale University fellow of Saybrook College
• 1982 – Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome (Rome, Italy)
• 1983 – Creative writing grant, National Endowments for the Arts
• 1992 – Golden Key Honor Society
• 1995 – Drinking the Rain is finalist for Los Angeles Times Book Award
• 1996 – Drinking the Rain received Body Mind Spirit Award of Excellence

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