Taylor, Mayo R. 1949-
Taylor, Mayo R. 1949-
PERSONAL:
Born September 21, 1949, in Santa Fe, NM; daughter of Walter E. (a social worker) and Gladys (a social worker) Taylor; married Bruce Nemerov (a musician), 1982; children: Marie, Aaron. Ethnicity: "English/Irish." Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1971; Vanderbilt University, M.L.S., 1975. Politics: "Liberal and proud of it." Religion: "Undeclared." Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, paddling, mahjong.
ADDRESSES:
Office—13 Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132.
CAREER:
Worked in nonprofit management, 1976-90; Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, librarian, 1990—. Rutherford County Regional Planning Commission, member, 1996—; Cumberland River Compact, board member, 2005—.
MEMBER:
Stones River Watershed Association (president, 2003-05).
WRITINGS:
(With Richard D. Barnet and husband, Bruce Nemerov) The Story behind the Song: 150 Songs That Chronicle the 20th Century, Greenwood Publishing Group (Westport, CT), 2003.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
School Library Journal, August, 2004, Ginny Guston, review of The Story behind the Song: 150 Songs That Chronicle the 20th Century, p. 55.