Research Areas
Fiction and Nonfiction Writing
Education
M.F.A., The Johns Hopkins University
B.A., Brooklyn College
Tema Nason
Tema Nason
Brooklyn born and bred by immigrant parents fleeing from pogroms. A Depression era child, I sympathized with the workers and unemployed and majored in labor economics.
But my first job during World War II was as a junior member (first woman hired) at Williams College. A very challenging experience, but when offered a position with the Chicago War Labor Board, I bolted. I learned a great deal about realities faced by workers in steel mills, etc.; subsequently worked for the CIO in New York, Washington, and West Coast.
After marriage while raising a family, I yearned to become a writer. I have, published both articles and fiction. My earlier experiences contributed in writing the Rosenberg novel.
Often I still feel as though I’m off on a scouting expedition to report back home what it’s like out there. No, no, I want to tell them, it’s not at all like you said.
Current Projects
On leave for the 2011-2012 Academic Year.
Representative Publications
Nason, Tema. “A Stranger Here, Myself.” The Crimson Edge: Older Women Writing. Ed. Sondra Zeidenstein. Goshen, CT: Chicory Blue Press, 1996.
Nason, Tema. ETHEL: The Fictional Autobiography of Ethel Rosenberg. New York: Delacorte Press, 1990.