Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker
Wendy Walker. 2024. Photo by Pablo Capra.
Born	(1951-01-25) January 25, 1951 (age 74) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education	Harvard University; Teachers College, Columbia University
Occupation	Writer
Known for	The Secret Service
Spouse	Tom La Farge ​ ​ (m. 1982;died 2020)​
Children	Paul La Farge (stepson)
Website	wendywalker.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

1. 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.
2. "The Sea-Rabbit, or, The Artist of Life". Kirkus Reviews. 1988-09-15. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
3. "Blue Fire by Wendy Walker". The Endless Bookshelf. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
4. George Salis (2019-07-28). "The Sea-Rabbit by Wendy Walker". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
5. George Salis (2022-08-07). "The Heart's-Blood of Story: An Unfinished Interview with Tom La Farge". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
6. Corinne Bain (2023-09-13). Radcliffe College Oral History Project: Interview with Wendy Walker. Harvard University.
7. George Salis (2020-04-26). "Tree People or Sea People: A Rare Interview with Wendy Walker". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
8. George Salis (2020-04-12). "The Secret Service by Wendy Walker". The Collidescope. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
9. Douglas Messerli (2015-11-04). "Art, Writing, and the Untellable: Douglas Messerli interviews Wendy Walker". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

External links

• Wendy Walker's website
• An Interview with Wendy Walker by Douglas Messerli
• The Writhing Society website
• Proteotypes website