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	Rita Mae Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is a prolific American writer and social activist, notable for novels, poetry, and screenwriting.
		Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, but she grew up in Florida, and as of 2004 lives outside Charlottesville, Virginia.
		In the 1960s, Brown attended the University of Florida, but was expelled for her participation in a civil rights rally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rita_Mae_Brown (330 words)

	Rita Mae Brown: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brown was born in Hanover, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Brown is the bestselling author of a number of books including Rubyfruit Jungle Rubyfruit Jungle quick summary:
		Rubyfruit jungle is the first novel (1973) by rita mae brown, remarkable for its explicit lesbianism....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/rita_mae_brown.htm (576 words)

	Rita Mae Brown
		Brown's frustration with what she perceives as hypocrisy in the women's movement is evident in her writing.
		The bestseller, which Brown says she finished only because of a promise she had made to a dying friend, was published shortly after the end of her much-publicized relationship with Navratilova.
		Though Brown stresses that a solid liberal arts education is the basis of all good writing, especially knowledge of foreign languages, she is quick to add that academia can be limiting for writers.
	www.littlereview.com /getcritical/interviews/rmbrown.htm (1198 words)

	Out In The Mountains: Rita Mae Brown Speaks
		Well-known writer Rita Mae Brown brought her sharp wit and sassy one-liners to a packed Burlington performance on September 17.
		Brown, whose ground-breaking novel Rubyfruit Jungle was the first novel with a lesbian theme to sell widely in this country, appeared in a fundraising event for the Howard Russell for Senate campaign.
		Brown also scroed big points with the audience when she noted that "the difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is like the difference between syphilis and gonorrhea - but I'm a Democrat.
	www.mountainpridemedia.org /oitm/issues/1990/11nov1990/page16.htm (228 words)

	Rita Mae Brown
		Brown's latest is replete with the sly asides that have endeared her to animal lovers--"Cats are by instinct and inclination dedicated anarchists"--and with the naively humorous "conversations" between the animals themselves.
		Perhaps America's most successful modern lesbian writer, Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania and adopted and raised by her mother's cousin.
		Brown lived with that family for some time in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and later attended the University of Florida in Gainesville.
	www.queertheory.com /histories/b/brown_rita_mae.htm (622 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Brown, Rita Mae
		Brown was born on November 28, 1944, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, to an unwed mother who turned her over to an orphanage.
		When Brown was eleven, the family moved to Florida, where they remained throughout the rest of her childhood.
		Brown attended New York University, where she earned a B.A. in English and the classics.
	www.glbtq.com /literature/brown_rm.html (793 words)

	Amazon.com: Rita Will : Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser: Books: Rita Mae Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brown's passions for life, her work, the English language, the South, and animals, especially her longtime cat companion, "Baby Jesus," are evident throughout.
		Her account of the Martina/Judy galimony brouhaha is especially hilarious, with poor Rita Mae stuck in the middle, trying to encourage the two to settle things amicably.
		Brown pulls out all stops and allows the reader a unique window into her life allowing one to see what motivates her writing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553378260?v=glance (1805 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Rita Mae Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sneaky Pie Brown, a tiger cat born somewhere in Albemarle County, Virginia, was discovered by Rita Mae Brown at her local SPCA.
		In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown, return to the scene of their bestselling crimes–picturesque Crozet, Virginia.
		In the third novel of her captivating foxhunting series, Rita Mae Brown welcomes readers back for a final tour of a world where most business is conducted on horseback–and stables are de rigueur for even the smallest of estates.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=3518 (1241 words)

	The HooK: HOTSEAT- Rita Mae Brown
		In the '80s Brown's relationship with tennis great Martina Navratilova made her a celebrity for all the wrong reasons.
		Brown felt herself becoming pigeonholed by the labels she attracted.
		Brown will be on hand to discuss and sign copies of her book at New Dominion Bookshop on December 14 at 2:30pm.
	readthehook.com /stories/2002/11/27/hotseatRitaMaeBrown.html (790 words)

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		Rita Mae attended Violet Hill Elementary School, but later transferred in the fourth grade to Valley View Elementary School.
		Rita Mae then hitchhiked to New York City, and lived in an abandoned car with a gay African American and a cat named Baby Jesus.
		Rita Mae Brown resides in Afton, Virginia, a small town located in Nelson County, Virginia.
	www.ncteamericancollection.org /litmap/brown_rita_mae_va.htm (1636 words)

	Author Rita Mae Brown: She’s the Cat’s Meow As well as a farmer, Southerner and animal lover Chris Watson: Bookends ...
		More amazing than Rita Mae’s zoo manifest, though, is the fact that she shares her bed with an assortment of those inside animals.
		Rita Mae had to agree that any work that paid the mortgage and fed the animals was OK by her.
		Rita Mae Brown prefers to spend what energy and time remain to her in quite a different manner.
	www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2005/February/20/style/stories/05style.htm (939 words)

	Rita Mae Brown to Speak at Bucknell
		The talk, "Rita Mae Brown Presents," is open to the public without charge.
		Following the talk, the award-winning author will be available to answer questions and to sign her books, which will be on sale at the talk.
		Perhaps America’s most successful modern lesbian writer, Brown is the author of Rubyfruit Jungle, a popular book in modern American literature classes and considered a "classic" historical novel in the LGBT movement.
	www.bucknell.edu /News_Events/More_News/October_2004/Rita_Mae_Brown.html (307 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada \| Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
		Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of In Her Day, Six of One, Southern Discomfort, Sudden Death, High Hearts, Bingo,, Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, Venus Envy, Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War, Riding Shotgun, Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser, Loose Lips and Outfoxed.
		She is co-author along with Sneaky Pie Brown of Wish You Were Here; Rest in Pieces; Murder at Monticello; Pay Dirt; Murder, She Meowed; Murder on the Prowl; and Claws and Effect.
		Rita Mae Brown is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553278866 (336 words)

	Random House \| Authors \| Rita Mae Brown
		In her well-received novel Outfoxed, Rita Mae Brown vividly and deftly brought to life the genteel world of foxhunting, where hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a tightly knit community amidst old money and simmering conflicts.
		For years a "lost" collector's item, here is the second novel from a brilliant young author testing her literary muscle, and it's bursting at the seams with Rita Mae Brown's trademark cast of characters and crackling quips.
		In Loose Lips, Rita Mae Brown revisits Runnymede and the beloved characters introduced in Six of One and Bingo, serving up an exuberant portrayal of small-town sins and Southern...
	www.randomhouse.com /author/results.pperl?authorid=3518 (1225 words)

	Rita Will:Brown, Rita Mae:0553378260:eCampus.com
		Though raised by these loving adoptive parents and a wacky host of other interfering kin, Rita Mae Brown learned early on to be tough and to speak her mind.
		Here she tells of her tempestuous relationship with her adoptive mother, the mythic Juts of the novels Six of One and Bingo, who called her "the ill", for illegitimate, whenever she lost her temper, and who swore she'd introduce Rita Mae to the social graces, including the dreaded cotillion, even if it killed them both.
		Through it all, Rita Mae has drawn strength from her profound bond with animals, from her abiding affection for the South and its native tongue, and from the great passions of her life.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0553378260 (270 words)

	Amazon.com: Rubyfruit Jungle: Books: Rita Mae Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rita Mae Brown's novel "Rubyfruit Jungle" had me laughing out loud by the time I reached page 5.
		Brown's prose style is excellent: muscular, sexy, lively, humane, down-to-earth, and always enjoyable.
		Rita Mae Brown's dialogue and plot is interesting from the very first page.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/055327886X?v=glance (1108 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Rita Mae Brown
		In the pristine world of Virginia foxhunting, hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a lively community of conflicting loyalties, where the thrill of the chase and the intricacies of human-animal relationships are experienced firsthand--and murder exposes a proud Southern community's unsavory secrets....
		In The Hunt Ball, the latest novel in this popular series, all the ingredients Brown's readers love are abundantly present: richness of character and landscape, the thrill of the hunt, and the chill of violence.
		In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown, return to the scene of their bestselling crimes--picturesque Crozet, Virginia.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/RitaMaeBrowneBooks.htm (1285 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Rita Mae Brown
		In this interview with Bookreporter.com reviewer Bethanne Kelly Patrick, Rita Mae Brown talks about the themes, setting and characters in her latest Mrs.
		She also speaks lovingly of her feline companion (and co-author) Sneaky Pie Brown and expresses her passion for animal welfare.
		My mother, Julia Ellen Buckingham Brown, adored racing --- whether flat, harness or steeplechasing --- so I spent a lot of time at the tracks as a child.
	www.bookreporter.com /authors/au-brown-rita-mae.asp (2462 words)

	Rita Mae Brown
		Rita Mae Brown is a U.S. writer and playwright.
		She has a degree in Classics and English from New York University and a doctorate in Political Science from the Institute For Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. Ms.
		Brown has published several books of poems, eleven novels, six mysteries with her cat, Sneaky Pie, and a writer's manual.
	www.classicdykes.com /rita_mae_brown.htm (113 words)

	Random House \| Books \| Rita Will by Rita Mae Brown
		When Rita Mae Brown writes, people often end up laughing out loud. So naturally, when the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle, Venus Envy, and the Mrs.
		A look into a woman's mind and a writer's irrepressible spirit, Rita Will is quintessential Rita Mae Brown--a book that feels like a kick-your-shoes-off visit with an old friend.
		Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, Six of One, Southern Discomfort, Sudden Death, High Hearts, Bingo, Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, Venus Envy, Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War, and Riding Shotgun.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl/9780553378269.html (267 words)

	Rita Mae Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I feel that Brown was a fitting end for the semester.
		Instead I tried to take the idea that I thought she was trying to convey and turn it into my work.
		This was cake compared to the others because there were no specific stylistic devices that we were trying to imitate, just a general idea.
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~jvg23/brown.html (309 words)

	Venus Envy - Rita Mae Brown - Used Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Then the manure hits the fan in Charlottesville, Virginia, because the funny thing is, Frazier Armstrong isn't going to die after all.
		The novel Rita Mae Brown fans have been waiting for--her first novel about contemporary gay life in ten years.
		Brown is the bestselling author of such mysteries as Rest in Pieces and Wish You Were Here.
	www.biblio.com /books/isbnnu/16691473.html (349 words)

	Rita Mae Brown: Curriculum Vitae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rita Will, an autobiography just released Oct. 7, 1997.
		Brown is the Master of Fox Hounds of the Oak Ridge Fox Hunt Club, and a member of the Farmington Hunt Club and Middlebrook Hounds.
		Brown also plays polo with the Blue Ridge Polo Club, was a founding mother of the Piedmont Women's Polo Club, and occasionally hits a tennis ball.
	www.ritamaebrown.com /vitae.html (742 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Murder Mayhem Author Feature
		Rita Mae Brown, author of WHISKER OF EVIL
		Its restoration will drive a living mute to a shocking act of violence and spark an investigation into a nearly forgotten war crime and a series of events that will shatter the silence gripping this community forever.
		Enter to be one of 20 advance readers of THE GAME by sending your name and mailing address (street address, not email address) to Mystery@bookreporter.com by Friday, February 13th.
	www.bookreporter.com /mystery_mayhem/index.asp (903 words)

	Powell's Books - Murder at Monticello (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries) by Rita Mae Brown
		Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, Six of One, Southern Discomfort, Sudden Death, High Hearts, Bingo, Starting From Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual, Venus Envy, Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War, Riding Shotgun, and Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser.
		In addition to Sneaky Pie's Cookbook for Mystery Lovers, Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie have collaborated on twelve Mrs.
		Murphy mysteries: Wish You Were Here, Rest in Pieces, Murder at Monticello, Pay Dirt, Murder, She Meowed, Murder on the Prowl, Cat on the Scent, Pawing Through the Past, Claws and Effect, Catch as Cat Can, The Tail of the Tip-Off, and Whisker of Evil.?
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=0553572350 (317 words)

	'Outfoxed' by Rita Mae Brown
		Heroes are still animals in new Rita Mae Brown mystery
		Read no further if it stretches your imagination too much to envision animals thinking and communicating with one another.
		Anthropomorphism is a huge part of Rita Mae Brown’s popular Mrs.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20000116review415.asp (438 words)

	Rita Mae Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rita Mae Brown is the highly prolific best-selling author of many titles including Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, Six of One, Southern Discomfort, Sudden Death, and a memoir, Rita Will.
		An Emmy nominated screenwriter and a poet, she lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
		Tail of the Tip-Off (2003) (with Sneaky Pie Brown)
	www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /b/rita-mae-brown (324 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Murder She Meowed: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I found this author very recently and greatly enjoyed this story of murder and mayhem among the steeple-chasing fraternity of the small town of Crozet,Virginia.
		Sneakie Pie Brown's insight into the thought processes of her alter ego Mrs Murphy and her 'mother' Harry, as they fathom out the identity of the killer were fascinating,showing me, (a'Brit') views of the U S A that I had never seen before.
		i really love rita's and sneaky's books, although they tend to be light reading, they are always fun.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0553572377 (545 words)

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