# Michelle Tokarczyk

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**Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk** (born 1953) is an American author, poet, and literary critic. She is a long-time professor of English and former co-director of the Writing Program at [Goucher College](/source/Goucher_College). Her works focus on people living in urban environments, literary history, and women's studies and issues.

## Early life and education

Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk was born in 1953[1][2] in [the Bronx](/source/The_Bronx) to a working-class [Ukrainian American](/source/Ukrainian_Americans) family.[3] At the age of nine, she moved to a suburban area of [Queens](/source/Queens). She earned her bachelor's degree at [Lehman College](/source/Lehman_College). Tokarczyk completed her doctorate in English from [Stony Brook University](/source/Stony_Brook_University) in 1986.[4] Her dissertation was entitled *The Rosenberg Case and E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel: A Study of the Use of History in Fiction*.[2]

## Career

Tokarczyk began working as professor of English at [Goucher College](/source/Goucher_College) in 1989.[4][5] In 2003, she was a co-director of the Goucher Writing Program.[6] Her poetry focuses on urban people, especially women.[3] She also researches literary criticism, history, and women's studies and issues.[5] Tokarczyk is the author of several books.

In 2010, Tokarczyk was the Goucher chapter president of the [American Association of University Professors](/source/American_Association_of_University_Professors).[7] She was the vice president of the Maryland Conference of the American Association of University Professors in 2014.[8] As of April 2018, Tokarczyk is the president of the Maryland Conference.[9]

## Personal life

Tokarczyk lives in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore) and [New York City](/source/New_York_City).[4] She is married to economist Paul Groncki.[10]

## Selected works

### Books

- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. & Doctorow, E. L. (1988). *E.L. Doctorow: An Annotated Bibliography*. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0824072464.[11]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (1989). *House I'm Running From*. West End Press. ISBN 0931122538.
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. & Fay, Elizabeth A. (1993). *Working-class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory*. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 0870238353.[12]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2000). *E.L. Doctorow's Skeptical Commitment*. P. Lang. ISBN 0820444707.[13]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. & Papoulis, Irene (2003). *Teaching Composition/Teaching Literature: Crossing Great Divides*. P. Lang. ISBN 0820451509.[14]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2008). *Class Definitions: On the Lives and Writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Dorothy Allison*. Susquehanna University Press. ISBN 978-1575911212.[15]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2011). *Critical Approaches to American Working-Class Literature*. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136697418.[16]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2016). *Bronx Migrations*. Columbia, MD: Cherry Castle Publishing. ISBN 978-0692737651.

## References

1. ["LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)"](http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87906647.html). *id.loc.gov*. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

1. Tokarczyk, Michelle (February 1986). "The Rosenberg Case and E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel: A Study of the Use of History in Fiction". *Dissertation Abstracts International*. **46** (8): 2295.

1. ["Michelle M. Tokarczyk"](https://www.pw.org/content/michelle_m_tokarczyk_1). *Poets & Writers*. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

1. Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2016). *Bronx migrations*. Columbia, Maryland: Cherry Castle Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0692737651. [OCLC 958840883](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958840883)

1. ["Tokarczyk, Michelle M."](https://web.archive.org/web/20180417192114/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3438017762.html). 2004-01-01. Archived from [the original](https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3438017762.html) on 2018-04-17.

1. *Teaching Composition/Teaching Literature : Crossing Great Divides*. New York. 2003. ISBN 0820451509. [OCLC 49403642](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49403642)

1. ["Goucher College Aaup Chapter"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105441/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2160677451.html). *Academe*. 2010-09-01. Archived from [the original](https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2160677451.html) on 2018-04-17.

1. Vail, Bruce (2014-03-20). ["Academic Labor Unrest Spreads to Maryland Colleges (UPDATED)"](http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/16461/academic_labor_unrest_spreads_to_maryland_colleges). Retrieved 2018-04-17.

1. ["State Conferences | AAUP"](https://www.aaup.org/state-conferences#maryland). *www.aaup.org*. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

1. Hughes, C. J. (2012-12-28). ["Living In | Chelsea – Calling Activists and Artists of All Stripes"](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/realestate/living-in-chelsea-calling-activists-and-artists-of-all-stripes.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2018-04-17.

1. Reviews of *E.L. Doctorow: An Annotated Bibliography*: *Klinkowitz, Jerome & West, James L. W. (1993). "Review of E. L. DOCTOROW: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ROBERT GOVER: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS PRICE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1949–1984, James L. W. West III; PETER TAYLOR: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1934–87, Stuart Wright". *Resources for American Literary Study*. **19** (1): 160–162. [doi:10.2307/26366980](https://doi.org/10.2307/26366980). [JSTOR 26366980](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26366980) *"E.L. Doctorow: An Annotated Bibliography". *Choice*. **26**: 1132. March 1989. [ISSN 0009-4978](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0009-4978)

1. Reviews of *Working-class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory*: * Maynes, Mary Jo (1995). "Review of Working-Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory; Spirit, Space and Survival: African American Women in (White) Academy". *Signs*. **21** (1): 187–190. [doi:10.1086/495052](https://doi.org/10.1086/495052). [JSTOR 3175132](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175132) * Walkerdine, Valerie (1995). "Review of Working-Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory". *The Journal of Higher Education*. **66** (5): 609–611. [doi:10.2307/2943944](https://doi.org/10.2307/2943944). [JSTOR 2943944](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2943944) * Bloom, Lynn Z. (1995). "Voices from the Ark". *College English*. **57** (7): 844–851. Atkins, G. Douglas (ed.). [doi:10.2307/378409](https://doi.org/10.2307/378409). [JSTOR 378409](https://www.jstor.org/stable/378409) * Jenkins, Pamela (1995). "Review of Working-Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory". *Gender and Society*. **9** (5): 636–637. [doi:10.1177/089124395009005010](https://doi.org/10.1177/089124395009005010). [JSTOR 189902](https://www.jstor.org/stable/189902). [S2CID 220469325](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:220469325)

1. Reviews of *E.L. Doctorow's Skeptical Commitment*: * "E.L. Doctorow's Skeptical Commitment". *American Literature*. **73** (2): 450. June 2001. [ISSN 0002-9831](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0002-9831) * "E.L. Doctorow's skeptical commitment". *Reference and Research Book News*. **15** (3). August 2000.

1. Reviews of*Teaching Composition/teaching Literature: Crossing Great Divides*: * Dahlberg, Sandra L. (2004). "Literature Listening to Composition". *The Radical Teacher*. '***(71): 12–14. Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (ed.). [JSTOR 20710273](https://www.jstor.org/stable/20710273)*** * Kerschbaum, Stephanie L. (2005). "Understanding Teaching and Interpretation in Literature and Composition-Rhetoric". *College Literature*. **32** (4): 189–199. McDonald, Christina Russell (ed.). [doi:10.1353/lit.2005.0059](https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.2005.0059). [JSTOR 25115313](https://www.jstor.org/stable/25115313). [S2CID 143049832](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143049832)

1. Reviews of *Class Definitions: On the Lives and Writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Dorothy Allison:* * Schiff, Sarah Eden (2009-10-28). ["Class Definitions: On the Lives and Writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Dorothy Allison (review)"](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/363109). *Biography*. **32** (3): 550–553. [doi:10.1353/bio.0.0115](https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.0.0115). [ISSN 1529-1456](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1529-1456). [S2CID 162335866](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162335866) * "Class definitions; on the lives and writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Dorothy Allison.". *Reference and Research Book News*. **24** (1). February 2009.

1. Reviews of *Critical Approaches to American Working-Class Literature*: * Buchanan, David (2014). ["Michelle M. Tokarczyk (ed.), Critical Approaches to American Working-Class Literature"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/michelle-m-tokarczyk-ed-critical-approaches-to-american-workingclass-literature-new-york-and-london-routledge-2011-14900-pp-xv-249-isbn978-0-4158-8546-1/1AD8EB5B9EC7B58E618AE0362991213C). *Journal of American Studies*. **48** (1). [doi:10.1017/s0021875813002296](https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021875813002296). [ISSN 0021-8758](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0021-8758). [S2CID 147316887](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:147316887)

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