Janet Sarbanes | |
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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]
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]
Sarbanes teaches creative writing and cultural studies at the California Institute of the Arts.[3][11][12]
Letters on the Autonomy Project was published by punctum books in June 2022.[13][14]
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.[3]
Army of One was published by Otis Press Seismicity Editions in Los Angeles.[17][18]
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]
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]
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.