Janet Sarbanes Explained

Janet Sarbanes
Nationality:American
Education:Princeton University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
Parents:Paul Sarbanes
Christine Dunbar
Relatives:John Sarbanes (brother)

Janet Sarbanes is an American 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] Her book Letters on the Autonomy Project is a collection of essays exploring the relation between art and politics via the concept of autonomy.[5] She has published numerous essays on art, aesthetics, pedagogy and communal practice.[6]

Education

Sarbanes received her B.A. in comparative literature from Princeton[7] and her PhD in English from UCLA.[8] As a Princeton undergraduate, she spearheaded a successful effort to make the words of the school's alma mater gender inclusive.[9] [10]

Career

Sarbanes teaches creative writing and cultural studies at the California Institute of the Arts.[11] [12]

Books and Notable Essays

Letters on the Autonomy Project

Letters on the Autonomy Project was published by punctum books in June 2022.[13] [14]

The Protester Has Been Released

The Protester Has Been Released[15] is a collection of ten short stories and one novella.[16] It was published by C&R Press in April 2017.

Army of One

Army of One was published by Otis Press Seismicity Editions in Los Angeles.[17] [18]

"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."[19]

"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."[20] [21] [22]

Personal life

Sarbanes lives in Los Angeles.[1] Her father was former Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and her brother is U.S. Representative John Sarbanes.

References

  1. News: 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. 2018-10-02. en-US.
  2. News: Best of 2017: Best Fiction Books. ENTROPY. 2018-10-02. en-US.
  3. News: Janet Sarbanes Wants Protesters to Persist A WOMEN'S THING. 2017-10-06. A WOMEN’S THING. 2018-10-02. en-US.
  4. Web site: Army of One. www.spdbooks.org. 2018-10-02.
  5. Web site: Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books . 2023-01-03 . punctumbooks.com . en-US.
  6. Web site: A Community of Artists: Radical Pedagogy at CalArts, 1969-72 . 2023-01-03 . East of Borneo . en-US.
  7. Book: Golden, Daniel. The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. 2009-01-21. Crown/Archetype. 9780307497376. en.
  8. Book: Banta, Martha. Taylored Lives: Narrative Productions in the Age of Taylor, Veblen, and Ford. registration. janet sarbanes ucla.. 1993. University of Chicago Press. 9780226037011. en.
  9. News: Is Old Nassau Sexist? Princeton Examines Its School Song.
  10. News: Princeton Sons Take Note of Daughters in Their Midst.
  11. News: Reframing the House of Dust: An Interview with Janet Sarbanes and Ken Ehrlich. East of Borneo. 2018-10-02. en-US.
  12. Web site: Allie Rowbottom discusses and signs Jell-o Girls: A Family History, in conversation with Janet Sarbanes Book Soup. www.booksoup.com. 2018-10-02.
  13. Web site: Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books . 2023-01-20 . punctumbooks.com . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2023-01-10 . Art, Freedom, Collectivism: Janet Sarbanes Talks "Letters on the Autonomy Project" . 2023-01-20 . BmoreArt . en-US.
  15. Web site: Janet Sarbanes: The Protester has Been Released :: The Marc Steiner Show . 2018-10-02 . www.steinershow.org . en-US.
  16. News: Fiction Book Review: The Protestor Has Been Released by Janet Sarbanes. C&R Press, $18 trade paper (194p) ISBN 978-1-936196-65-4 . en . PublishersWeekly.com . 2018-10-02.
  17. Web site: Janet Sarbanes's Army of One by Rachel Kushner - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. 2018-10-02.
  18. News: Into the Wild: Janet Sarbanes and Leni Zumas. Weingarten. Marc. 2008-07-09. L.A. Weekly. 2018-10-02.
  19. Web site: Janet Sarbanes's Essay on the Shaker Gift Economy Wins the Battisti Award.
  20. Web site: CalArts' Janet Sarbanes Wins Writers Grant from Creative Capital - Santa Clarita Arts. santaclaritaarts.com. en-US. 2018-10-02.
  21. Web site: Fifty Years Later CalArts Revisits House of Dust: KCRW Design & Architecture. blogs.kcrw.com. 2019-01-03.
  22. Web site: Janet Sarbanes - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant Program. www.artswriters.org. 2018-10-02.

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