Wendy Walker

American author (born 1951)

Tom La Farge

(m. 1982; died 2020)

ChildrenPaul La Farge (stepson)Websitewendywalker.com

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

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

Novels

The Secret Service (Sun & Moon Press, 1992; reprinted by Tough Poets, 2021)

Short Stories

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

Sexual Stealing (Temporary Culture, 2021)

Art

The Camperdown Elm (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017)

Cross-Genre

Blue Fire (Proteotypes, 2009)
Hysterical Operators (Proteotypes, 2010)
My Man and Other Critical Fictions (Temporary Culture, 2011)

References

^ 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.