Mary has an M.F.A. in poetry from Columbia University. She has four volumes of poetry memoirs, “Blue Watermelon,” “Cheer for Freedom,” “Furs for a Vegetarian,” and “Green Eyes.”  The last two were published 2020. They are self-published and available on Amazon.

“Furs for a Vegetarian” focuses on her artist mother, Sonia Avakian, who studied with Kandinsky in Moscow. She escaped starvation and the communists through marriage and her move to Iran. After Papa’s unexpected death she took a Victory Ship with her two sons and daughter to the U.S.A. 

Price:  $15 paper back plus shipping of $4.00 if ordered from Mary.

ISBN: 978169385512.

“Green Eyes” is a love story set on the East Coast joining together of an American-German heritage civil engineer with an Armenian-Russian graduate in the arts. They share love, raise sons, travel, till tragedy strikes. The poetry is joyful, sensual, heart rending.

Price: $15 paper back plus shipping of $4.00 if ordered from Mary.

ISBN: 9798649872775

If you would like a signed copy please contact Mary at maryfreericks@yahoo.com