Sean Wilsey
Sean Patrick Wilsey | |
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| Born | May 21, 1970[1] |
| Alma mater | The New School for Social Research[3] |
| Known for | Author and memoirist |
| Spouse | none |
Sean Patrick Wilsey (born May 21, 1970) is the author of the memoir Oh the Glory of It All,[4] published by Penguin in 2005.[5]
Born and raised in San Francisco, Wilsey is the son of Al Wilsey (1919–2002),[6] a businessman, and Pat Montandon, a socialite and peace activist. He is the stepson of socialite and philanthropist Dede Wilsey.
Wilsey is a former editor-at-large for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. His newest book, a wide-ranging series of essays, More Curious, was published by McSweeney's in 2014.
He was married to Daphne Beal, now divorced, who is also a writer of the book "The Land of No Right Angles".[7]
Bibliography
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Books
[edit]- Oh the Glory of It All (2005)
- The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup (As Editor with Matt Weiland and Franklin Foer, 2006)
- State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America (As Editor with Matt Weiland, 2008)
- More Curious (2014)
Essays and reporting
[edit]- "Peace is a Beautiful Thing" (11 Apr. 2005)
- Wilsey, Sean (April 22, 2013). "Open water : among the gondoliers of Venice". Personal History. The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 10. pp. 40–47.
Interviews
[edit]- "Interview with Sean Wilsey" (16 Sept. 2014)
- "Honest Writing is Funny" (19 Aug. 2014)
References
[edit]- ^ Emerson, Karen (June 11, 1970). "Please Please Dad On His Own Day". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (May 15, 2005). "Making peace with the past / In a new memoir, San Francisco native Sean Wilsey chronicles his adolescent angst". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Rich pickings". New Statesman. September 12, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ Lipinski, Jed (November 2008). "Interview with Sean Wilsey". The Brooklyn Rail.
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (January 7, 2002). "Alfred Wilsey -- renowned philanthropist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ Bischof, Jackie (May 12, 2014). "'Modernity Transfusion' for Clinton Hill House". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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