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Untitled[edit]

I question the categorization of this entry as falling under the LGBT Project and the subject heading of "Bisexual writers" when no mention is made of her sexuality in the article. Anyone care to elaborate on this? --Spacini 18:27, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joan Reardon's bio, "Poet of the appetites: the life and loves of M.F.K. Fisher" describes Fisher's liasons with women. Eam531 20:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Only one biography mentions this? --Spacini 03:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reardon's book is the only major biographical study of Fisher that has been written to date. Eam531 05:25, 23 March 2007

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Link to MFK Fisher Foundation is broken[edit]

Link to MFK Fisher Foundation (mfkfisher.net) in "Further Reading" is broken. There is a live link to mfkfisher.com, but that does not seem to be the "foundation". It looks like a page setup by family and friends. Suggest deleting the link unless this problem is temporary or another link may URL may be found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidmcb64 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is a writer's sexual orientation relevant in this case?[edit]

As discussed above, there has been some speculation, and some evidence that Fisher had relationships with other women. Is discussion of this approriate here. It has nothing to with her career as a writer or her books. Mark Twain's entry does not comment that he was a heterosexual. Sexual orientation sometimes is an integral part of a writer's persona (e.g, Osar Wilde); however, that does not appear to be the case here. Henry Heater 17:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henryheater (talk • contribs) 17:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Note about Fisher's husband, Dillwyn Parrish[edit]

Fisher married Dillwyn Parrish, and in the section on her death it says "After Timmy Parrish's death..." It should be noted that Dillwyn Parrish's nickname was "Timmy." Reference the Wikipedia on Dillwyn Parrish, which should also have the link added to the Fisher page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillwyn_Parrish — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.109.173 (talk) 09:50, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A Little Retroactive Justice for Al Fisher[edit]

According to the article, M.F.K. Fisher claimed that she left her first husband, Al Fisher, because they were incompatible, and because he was impotent. She denied that she rejected him because of her love for Dillwyn Parrish. This seems to have been a rather dishonest rationalization on her part. Nobody can know if the young couple became incompatible; but in M.F.K. Fisher's own memoir of their early days, Serve It Forth, she rhapsodizes a good deal over their romantic closeness at that time, and her recollections are complete with hints of sexual ecstasy. She seems simply to have lied about Al Fisher's alleged shortcomings in order to put a better complexion on her affair with Parrish. By the way, Al Fisher married twice more, and his second and third wives seem to have had no complaints. Younggoldchip (talk) 00:31, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography[edit]

I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference. This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 04:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]