Wendy Walker
Wendy Walker | |
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![]() Wendy Walker. 2024. Photo by Pablo Capra. | |
Born | |
Education | Harvard University; Teachers College, Columbia University |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | The Secret Service |
Spouse | |
Children | Paul La Farge (stepson) |
Website | wendywalker |
Wendy Walker (born January 25, 1951) is an American writer known for her fiction and cross-genre writings. With her husband, the writer Tom La Farge, she co-founded The Writhing Society in 2009, a salon/class devoted to the exploration and invention of constraints for verbal and visual composition. They also co-founded Proteotypes, the publishing arm of the Proteus Gowanus Gallery from 2009 to 2015.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Walker was born in Manhattan, New York City. She graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in History of Art in 1972, and from Teachers College, Columbia University with a M.A. in Art and Education in 1974.[6][7][8][9]
Books
[edit]Novels
[edit]- The Secret Service (Sun & Moon Press, 1992; reprinted by Tough Poets, 2021)
Short Stories
[edit]- The Sea-Rabbit: Or, the Artist of Life (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1988)
- Stories Out of Omarie (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1995; reprinted by Green Integer, 2024)
- Knots (Aqueduct Press, 2006)
Poetry
[edit]- Sexual Stealing (Temporary Culture, 2021)
Art
[edit]- The Camperdown Elm (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017)
Cross-Genre
[edit]- Blue Fire (Proteotypes, 2009)
- Hysterical Operators (Proteotypes, 2010)
- My Man and Other Critical Fictions (Temporary Culture, 2011)
References
[edit]- ^ Adrian Dannatt (1933-07-23). "Off the Shelf: A rose is a man is a rose: Adrian Dannatt on Wendy Walker's The Secret Service". Independent. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "The Sea-Rabbit, or, The Artist of Life". Kirkus Reviews. 1988-09-15. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Blue Fire by Wendy Walker". The Endless Bookshelf. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ George Salis (2019-07-28). "The Sea-Rabbit by Wendy Walker". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ George Salis (2022-08-07). "The Heart's-Blood of Story: An Unfinished Interview with Tom La Farge". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Corinne Bain (2023-09-13). Radcliffe College Oral History Project: Interview with Wendy Walker. Harvard University.
- ^ George Salis (2020-04-26). "Tree People or Sea People: A Rare Interview with Wendy Walker". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ George Salis (2020-04-12). "The Secret Service by Wendy Walker". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Douglas Messerli (2015-11-04). "Art, Writing, and the Untellable: Douglas Messerli interviews Wendy Walker". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-04.