Marilyn June
Coffey
Marilyn June Coffey, a Nebraska native, lived for 30 years in New York City. While there, her controversial novel Marcella broke a world record for frankness and her wry poem “Pricksong” won a national prize.
Now an internationally published author, Coffey lives in Omaha with a feisty orange cat and an undisciplined garden. She writes history books. Atlantic featured her Great Plains Patchwork on its cover and again on-line. Amazon and Kindle named Coffey’s Mail-Order Kid best sellers. Amazon called her Thieves, Rascals & Sore Losers a best history book. Coffey’s latest—That Punk Jimmy Hoffa!—details her trucker father’s clash with the Teamsters.
Jackjack & junebug
A Love Song
in Poems and Posts
Quirky, Irreverent, Honest, and Unexpected
While Jack Loscutoff, a big bushy writer gushing with language, lived with Marilyn, they amused themselves by exchanging spicy poems about “Elder Copulation,” as he called it. Marilyn wrote about the two of them in her blog, A JoLt of CoFFey: how she learned Jack was a hugger, how they became a one-driver couple, their incredible closeness.
After Jack died September 9, 2015, Marilyn printed their spicy poems and told their story in JackJack & JuneBug: A Love Song in Poems and Posts.
Winner of the
gold ink award
praise for
jackjack & junebug
“Thank you for sharing, Marilyn.
This was so brave.”
Bob Eckstein
New Yorker cartoonist
“This is beautiful, Marilyn.
I wish I could give you a hug.”
Rivkah Sass
Executive Director
Sacramento Public Library
“Marilyn, you're a pistol. I'm thrilled to know you. Just related to my husband how masterfully you
take us down a fascinating path and drop us off at a totally unexpected destination. I must say, lady,
you are one of my favorite authors.”
Johnnye Gerhardt
Board of Directors
The Nebraska Film Association
“You are so quirky! And another thing
I love about you is your honesty.”
Carole Rosenthal
Prof. Emeritus
Pratt Institute