Summary
Sari Wilson is an American novelist and writer. She has written prose and comics, and is the author of the novel Girl Through Glass. Wilson's short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in literary journals such as AGNI, the Oxford American, and Slice. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, and Catapult.
Sari Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Saralyn Wilson New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Oberlin College (BA) |
| Notable works | Girl Through Glass |
| Spouse | Josh Neufeld |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Biography edit
Wilson was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn Heights. She studied ballet for many years, including with the Harkness Ballet and Eliot Feld's New Ballet School.[1] She attended Packer Collegiate Institute[2] and Oberlin College,[3] graduating with a BA in history.
Wilson and her partner, the cartoonist Josh Neufeld, met at The Nation magazine.[4] Later, they traveled through Southeast Asia and Central Europe, living for almost a year in Prague, the Czech Republic.[5] Wilson spent this time abroad pursuing her interest in writing.
Upon returning to the United States, Wilson and Neufeld moved to Chicago, where she worked for three years as a research editor at Playboy magazine[6] while continuing to hone her fiction writing.
Wilson was awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University from 1997 to 1999,[7] where she studied with Tobias Wolff,[8] Elizabeth Tallent, and Gilbert Sorrentino. Following that experience, Wilson was awarded a Fine Arts Work Center residency in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, from 1999 to 2000.[9] She was awarded a residency at Yaddo in 2011.[3]
Wilson's short stories have been published in AGNI,[10] Third Coast, and Slice, among others, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[9] Her comics writing has been published in the Oxford American,[8] Smith Magazine,[11] and anthologized in The Big Feminist BUT[6] and the Trina Robbins project, From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines.[12] Wilson was a co-writer of the motion comics elements of the American Broadcasting Company television program Earth 2100.[13]
Wilson and Neufeld co-edited the comics and prose anthology Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose, which features contributions from Junot Díaz, Lynda Barry, Sheila Heti, Gabrielle Bell, Kellie Wells, Nick Bertozzi, and many more authors.[14]
Wilson's debut novel Girl Through Glass was published by Harper in February 2016. Jean Lenihan of the Los Angeles Review of Books described Girl Through Glass:
In the end, the well-honed storyline . . . is not unlike a certain kind of stylized psychological ballet, á la Antony Tudor, with heightened characters dancing along dire boundaries. Powerfully stark, both pretty and not, the scene begins with a dissolving family, the father exiting right, the mother left, leaving room for a mysterious caped man to lure the remaining girl-child into an inhumanly fast pas de deux. Is this Lazarus or Lucifer? A woman enters from upstage, dancing with strength and purpose, here, perhaps, to save the girl. But the man has a double, too."[15]
The book was included in BuzzFeed’s Most Exciting Books of 2016 list,[16] The Millions Most Anticipated 2016 fiction list,[17] and was named The Rumpus Book Club's January book.[18] The book was featured on National Public Radio[19] and in The New York Times,[20] was long-listed for The Center for Fiction's First Fiction Prize,[21] was a The Millions best-seller,[22] and was an Amazon Book of the Month.[23]
Personal life edit
Wilson lives in Brooklyn with her husband, cartoonist Josh Neufeld, and their daughter.[9]
Awards, fellowships, and residencies edit
- 1997 Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing
- 1999 Fine Arts Work Center residency
- 2006 Byrdcliffe Colony residency
- 2006 Rockefeller Brothers Fund residency
- 2011 Yaddo residency
- 2018 Ragdale Foundation residency
- 2019 Bethany Arts Community residency[24]
- 2022 Ragdale Foundation residency[25]
Bibliography edit
References edit
- ^ RHG. "Review: Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson," Raven-Haired Girl (Feb. 2, 2016).
- ^ "Class Notes," Packer Magazine (Winter 2016), p. 47.
- ^ a b Davis, Rebecca. "A Childhood Love Letter to Ballet: Author Sari Wilson Visits Northshire," Saratoga Today (Feb. 18, 2016).
- ^ DZIEMIANOWICZ, JOE. "TURNING THE TABLES: Guys aren't the only ones on bended knees," New York Daily News (May 2001).
- ^ Salek, Rebecca. "Poisonous Bugs, Crazy Farmers and the True Meaning of Enlightenment: Josh Neufeld and Sari Wilson," Sequential Tart (Feb. 2005).
- ^ a b Sparacio, Andrea. "An Interview with Contributors of The Big Feminist BUT," Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Slice Magazine (September 30, 2013).
- ^ Spears, Brian. "THE RUMPUS BOOK CLUB CHAT WITH SARI WILSON," The Rumpus Book Club (February 17, 2016).
- ^ a b "Girl Through Glass (Wilson) - Author Bio," Lit Lovers. Accessed March 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c Giddings, Megan. “A Different Set of Muscles”: An Interview with Josh Neufeld and Sari Wilson," Smokelong Quarterly (Nov. 30, 2016).
- ^ Wilson, Sari. "The Sightseer," AGNI 60 (Oct. 2004).
- ^ Wilson, Sari. (Art by Josh Neufeld) "The Beekeeper," Smith Magazine: Next-Door Neighbor Project (Aug. 4, 2008).
- ^ Tom. "Behind the Scenes with Writer and Comics Educator Sari Wilson," Graphic Novel Reporter (Jan. 3, 2010).
- ^ Cowan, Adri. "Link Ink — Spider-Man Stained Glass, Giant Robot," Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine Comics Alliance (June 2, 2009).
- ^ Karp, Jesse. Review of Flashed. Booklist (Feb. 15, 2016). Archived at Josh Neufeld's website.
- ^ Lenihan, Jean. "The Woman Inside," Los Angeles Review of Books (MAY 12, 2016).
- ^ Lee, Jarry. "The 27 Most Exciting Books Coming In 2016," Buzzfeed (Jan. 19, 2016).
- ^ "Most Anticipated: The Great 2016 Book Preview," The Millions (Jan. 4, 2016).
- ^ "THE RUMPUS BOOK CLUB CHAT WITH SARI WILSON," The Rumpus Book Club (February 17, 2016).
- ^ NPR Staff "Passion And Obsession En Pointe In 'Girl Through Glass'," NPR Weekend Edition Sunday (January 24, 2016).
- ^ Smith, Namara. "THE SHORTLIST: First Novels," New York Times (March 4, 2016).
- ^ "Center for Fiction Announces First Novel Prize Longlist," Poets & Writers (July 13, 2016).
- ^ Moran, Nick. "The Millions Top Ten: June 2016," The Millions (July 8, 2016).
- ^ Girl Through Glass official page, HarperCollins website. Accessed July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Sari Wilson Residency," Bethany Arts Center. Retrieved Sept. 7, 2022.
- ^ "Sari Wilson," Ragdale website. Retrieved Sept. 7, 2022.
External links edit
- Official website
- Sari Wilson author page at HarperCollins
- Booklist review of Girl Through Glass
- Sari Wilson interviewed by National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday
- Washington Post review of Girl Through Glass
- Wilson, Sari. "Private Lives: My 'Nutcracker' Recovery," New York Times (Dec. 17, 2015).
- Wilson, Sari. "Turns Out, She’s a Big Deal in Santo Domingo," in "City Living: What New Yorkers Learned From Actually Having to Meet Their Neighbors," New York magazine (Feb. 24, 2016).