Janet Sarbanes

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] She has published numerous essays on art, aesthetics and communal practice.

Education

Sarbanes received her B.A. in comparative literature from Princeton[5]and her PhD in English from UCLA. [6] As a Princeton undergraduate, she spearheaded a successful effort to make the words of the school's alma mater gender inclusive. [7][8]

Career

Sarbanes teaches creative writing and cultural studies at the California Institute of the Arts.[3][9][10]

Books and Notable Essays

Army of One

Army of One was published by Otis Press Seismicity Editions in Los Angeles.[11][12]

The Protester Has Been Released

The Protester Has Been Released[13]is a collection of ten short stories and one novella.[14] It was published by C&R Press in April 2017.[3]

"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." [15]

“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.”[16] [17][18]

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. "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. "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. 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.
  6. Banta, Martha (1993). Taylored Lives: Narrative Productions in the Age of Taylor, Veblen, and Ford. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226037011. janet sarbanes ucla.
  7. "Is Old Nassau Sexist? Princeton Examines Its School Song".
  8. "Princeton Sons Take Note of Daughters in Their Midst".
  9. "Reframing the House of Dust: An Interview with Janet Sarbanes and Ken Ehrlich". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  10. "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.
  11. "Janet Sarbanes's Army of One by Rachel Kushner - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  12. Weingarten, Marc (2008-07-09). "Into the Wild: Janet Sarbanes and Leni Zumas". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  13. "Janet Sarbanes: The Protester has Been Released :: The Marc Steiner Show". www.steinershow.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  14. "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.
  15. "Janet Sarbanes's Essay on the Shaker Gift Economy Wins the Battisti Award".
  16. "CalArts' Janet Sarbanes Wins Writers Grant from Creative Capital - Santa Clarita Arts". santaclaritaarts.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  17. "Fifty Years Later CalArts Revisits House of Dust: KCRW Design & Architecture". blogs.kcrw.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  18. "Janet Sarbanes - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant Program". www.artswriters.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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