Marianne RobinsonAmong formative experiences of Marianne Robinson's child-hood and adolescence in Delaware and Pennsylvania were an extended family and community of freethinkers, anarchists, and socialists; an experimental school; and many moves during the Great Deprssion and World War II. As she was hearing and learning songs of protest against fascism abroad and segregation at home, she witnessed race and class discrimination inside and outside the liberal village of her teens. Her adult life has been a juggling act of jobs, singing, activism, motherhood, poetry, photography, self-employment, and creative projects. Her daughter's illness and untimely death had a great impact on her. The determination to make personal choices in the face of relentless economic necessity is a central theme in Marianne's work. It is familiar to those who juggle jobs, single parenting, activism, and creativity in their pursuit of meaning and fulfillment in a society focused on upward mobility and the race to the top. Read More Read Less