Read her short story “Pueblo Piedra†in The Portland Review . Read her blog postings on Vanityfair.com and The Looseleaf Report .
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“‘Blue Lights’ is an instant Christmas classic.†—Louie Free, WGFT AM, Ohio
“Mary Lyn Maiscott has the voice of the very angels.†—Guillermo Henry, Radio EtiopÃa, Mexico City
“Her music reminds me of a wide beach, of America.†—George Shtefan, a musician in Yugoslavia
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Mary Lyn Maiscott, who grew up in West Virginia and Missouri, is a writer, singer, and songwriter based in New York City. She’s written personal essays for The Village Voice and Cosmopolitan, music items for Vanity Fair and Starpolish.com, movie reviews for the arts blog The Looseleaf Report, fiction for The Portland Review, and plays that have been staged at various New York theatres. She began writing alt-rock songs in her 20s and has appeared at such clubs as Folk City, The Bitter End, and CBGB’s. Her CD, Blue Lights, includes original songs about a war-time romance at Christmas (“Blue Lightsâ€), an expat in Mallorca longing for her California love (“Midnight in Californiaâ€), and a woman fed up with her painter boyfriend (“Paint It Overâ€), as well as covers of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and the Beatles’ “You Can’t Do That.†She has also worked as an editor, most notably on the John Lennon bio Nowhere Man , written by Robert Rosen, whom she married in 2001.
To hear songs live on “The Louie Free Show,†click here. (Mon.-Fri., 3-7 p.m. ET).
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