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Janet Sarbanes is an author and a professor of creative writing and cultural studies.[1] Her books Army of One and The Protester Has Been Released[2] are collections of short fiction.[3][4] Her book Letters on the Autonomy Project is a collection of essays exploring the relation between art and politics via the concept of autonomy.[5] She has published numerous essays on art, aesthetics, pedagogy and communal practice.[6]

Education

Sarbanes received her B.A. in comparative literature from Princeton[7] and her PhD in English from UCLA.[8] As a Princeton undergraduate, she spearheaded a successful effort to make the words of the school's alma mater gender inclusive.[9][10]

Career

Sarbanes teaches creative writing and cultural studies at the California Institute of the Arts.[3][11][12]

Books and Notable Essays

Letters on the Autonomy Project

Letters on the Autonomy Project was published by punctum books in June 2022.[13][14]

The Protester Has Been Released

The Protester Has Been Released[15] is a collection of ten short stories and one novella.[16] It was published by C&R Press in April 2017.[3]

Army of One

Army of One was published by Otis Press Seismicity Editions in Los Angeles.[17][18]

"The Shaker 'Gift' Economy"

Sarbanes received the Eugene Battisti Award from the Society for Utopian Studies for her essay "The Shaker 'Gift'Economy: Charisma, Aesthetic Practice and Utopian Communalism."[19]

“Reframing the House of Dust”

Sarbanes received the Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her essay project “Reframing the House of Dust: A Meditation in Many Parts.”[20] [21][22]

Personal life

Sarbanes lives in Los Angeles.[1] Her father is former Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and her brother is U.S. Representative John Sarbanes.

References

  1. ^ a b "LARB Radio Hour: Janet Sarbanes's "The Protester Has Been Released"; Plus Recent Chinese LGBT Literature - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ^ "Best of 2017: Best Fiction Books". ENTROPY. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. ^ a b c "Janet Sarbanes Wants Protesters to Persist | A WOMEN'S THING". A WOMEN’S THING. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ^ "Army of One". www.spdbooks.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. ^ "Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books". punctumbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  6. ^ "A Community of Artists: Radical Pedagogy at CalArts, 1969-72". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  7. ^ Golden, Daniel (2009-01-21). The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. Crown/Archetype. ISBN 9780307497376.
  8. ^ Banta, Martha (1993). Taylored Lives: Narrative Productions in the Age of Taylor, Veblen, and Ford. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226037011. janet sarbanes ucla.
  9. ^ "Is Old Nassau Sexist? Princeton Examines Its School Song".
  10. ^ "Princeton Sons Take Note of Daughters in Their Midst".
  11. ^ "Reframing the House of Dust: An Interview with Janet Sarbanes and Ken Ehrlich". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  12. ^ "Allie Rowbottom discusses and signs Jell-o Girls: A Family History, in conversation with Janet Sarbanes | Book Soup". www.booksoup.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  13. ^ "Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books". punctumbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  14. ^ "Art, Freedom, Collectivism: Janet Sarbanes Talks "Letters on the Autonomy Project"". BmoreArt. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  15. ^ "Janet Sarbanes: The Protester has Been Released :: The Marc Steiner Show". www.steinershow.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  16. ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Protestor Has Been Released by Janet Sarbanes. C&R Press, $18 trade paper (194p) ISBN 978-1-936196-65-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  17. ^ "Janet Sarbanes's Army of One by Rachel Kushner - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  18. ^ Weingarten, Marc (2008-07-09). "Into the Wild: Janet Sarbanes and Leni Zumas". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  19. ^ "Janet Sarbanes's Essay on the Shaker Gift Economy Wins the Battisti Award".
  20. ^ "CalArts' Janet Sarbanes Wins Writers Grant from Creative Capital - Santa Clarita Arts". santaclaritaarts.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  21. ^ "Fifty Years Later CalArts Revisits House of Dust: KCRW Design & Architecture". blogs.kcrw.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  22. ^ "Janet Sarbanes - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant Program". www.artswriters.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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