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A marigold as seen in a small field. "Marigolds" is a 1969 short story by Eugenia Collier. The story draws from Collier's early life in rural Maryland during the Great Depression. Its themes include poverty, maturity and the relationship between innocence and compassion. [1]
Eugenia W. Collier (born April 6, 1928) [1] is an American writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds", which won the first Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction in 1969; it was Collier’s first published story. [2] [3] She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Collier's collection, Breeder and Other Stories, was released in 1993 ...
"Marigolds" (short story), by Eugenia Collier; Dream Star Fighting Marigold, referred to simply as "Marigold"; a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2024; Marigold Farmer, a character in the webcomic Questionable Content
Midwood Books was an American publishing house active from 1957 to 1968. Its strategy focused on the male readers' market, competing with other publishers such as Beacon Books . The covers of many Midwood Books featured works by prolific illustrators of the era, including Paul Rader.
Collier begins his pamphlet with this conclusion: "[N]othing has gone farther in Debauching the Age than the Stage Poets, and Play-House" (Collier A2). He goes on, in great detail—despite the title—to give his evidence. For Collier, the immorality of the title stems from Restoration comedy's lack of poetic justice.
Deborah Moggach OBE FRSL (née Hough; born 28 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She has written nineteen novels, including The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever (made into the film of the same name), These Foolish Things (made into the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Heartbreak Hotel.
The Marigold is a Canadian dystopian novel by Andrew F. Sullivan published by ECW Press in 2023. [1] [2] [3]Set in a futuristic Toronto, The Marigold focuses on a wide variety of characters who are all joined by The Marigold, a fictitious building being overcome by a toxic sentient mold known colloquially as The Wet.
Shy Matilda Hunsdorfer, nicknamed Tillie, prepares an experiment involving marigolds raised from seeds exposed to radioactivity for her science fair. She is, however, constantly thwarted by her mother Beatrice, who is self-centered and abusive , and by her extroverted and unstable sister Ruth, who submits to her mother's will.