Wendy Lesser (born 1952) is an American critic, writer, and editor based in Berkeley, California.[1] She is the founding editor of the arts journal The Threepenny Review, and the author of a novel and several works of nonfiction, including most recently a biography of the architect Louis Kahn, for which she won the 2017 Marfield Prize.[2]
Wendy Lesser
Born
1952 Santa Monica, California, US
Alma mater
Harvard University, King's College, Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley
She is the author of several books, including a novel, The Pagoda in the Garden (Other Press, 2005), and the nonfiction book Why I Read (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014).
Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2011. ISBN9780300169331 , OCLC 770869230
Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books New York : Picador/Farrar, Staus and Giroux, 2014. ISBN9781250062093, OCLC 898154175
You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. ISBN9780374537630, OCLC 988048542
Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020, ISBN9780374216979
References
^ abc"Wendy Lesser." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 2017-06-10. Version dated 2009 available online via Encyclopedia.com.
^"Wendy Lesser Receives $10,000 Marfield Prize for Arts Writing - DC Art Events | DC Wedding Reception Venue". DC Art Events | DC Wedding Reception Venue. 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
^"Threepenny Review editor Wendy Lesser looks back on 35 years of 'Table Talk'". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
^LINFIELD, SUSIE (1999-03-07). "The Residue of Design". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
Wendy Lesser, The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series
Other Press
The Threepenny Review
Freeze framed: Wendy Lesser's essays break emotional ice, review of Room for Doubt by Emily Weinstein at The Village Voice
Random House: Wendy Lesser
Films42 feature: Wendy Lesser
January 21, 2023
wendy, lesser, born, 1952, american, critic, writer, editor, based, berkeley, california, founding, editor, arts, journal, threepenny, review, author, novel, several, works, nonfiction, including, most, recently, biography, architect, louis, kahn, which, 2017,. Wendy Lesser born 1952 is an American critic writer and editor based in Berkeley California 1 She is the founding editor of the arts journal The Threepenny Review and the author of a novel and several works of nonfiction including most recently a biography of the architect Louis Kahn for which she won the 2017 Marfield Prize 2 Wendy LesserBorn1952Santa Monica California USAlma materHarvard University King s College Cambridge University of California BerkeleyGenrenon fiction Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditLesser was born in 1952 in Santa Monica California and moved in 1955 to Palo Alto California where she was raised 3 4 5 She is the daughter of Murray Lesser an engineer and writer and Millicent Dillon a writer 1 She earned a B A at Harvard University in 1973 a B Phil at King s College Cambridge in 1975 and a Ph D at the University of California Berkeley in 1982 1 She is the author of several books including a novel The Pagoda in the Garden Other Press 2005 and the nonfiction book Why I Read Farrar Straus amp Giroux 2014 She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities the Dedalus Foundation and the New York Public Library s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers among other places Works EditThe Life Below the Ground A Study of the Subterranean in Literature and History 1987 His Other Half Men Looking at Women Through Art Harvard University Press 1991 ISBN 9780674392113 OCLC 59903884 Pictures at an Execution Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 1994 ISBN 9780674667365 OCLC 38972017 A Director Calls Berkeley University of California Press 1997 ISBN 9780520212060 OCLC 611228387 The Amateur An Independent Life of Letters New York Vintage Books 1999 ISBN 9780375703812 OCLC 44405154 Portret baleriny Tamara Toumanova 1 Nothing Remains the Same Rereading and Remembering Boston u a Houghton Mifflin 2002 ISBN 9780618340811 OCLC 798974644 The Pagoda in the Garden New York Handsel Books 2005 ISBN 9781590511763 OCLC 795582468 Room for Doubt New York Pantheon Books 2007 ISBN 9780375424007 OCLC 636819815 Music for Silenced Voices Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets New Haven Conn Yale University Press 2011 ISBN 9780300169331 OCLC 770869230 Why I Read The Serious Pleasure of Books New York Picador Farrar Staus and Giroux 2014 ISBN 9781250062093 OCLC 898154175 You Say to Brick The Life of Louis Kahn New York Farrar Straus and Giroux 2017 ISBN 9780374537630 OCLC 988048542 Scandinavian Noir In Pursuit of a Mystery New York Farrar Straus and Giroux 2020 ISBN 9780374216979References Edit a b c Wendy Lesser Contemporary Authors Online Detroit Gale 2014 Retrieved via Biography in Context database 2017 06 10 Version dated 2009 available online via Encyclopedia com Wendy Lesser Receives 10 000 Marfield Prize for Arts Writing DC Art Events DC Wedding Reception Venue DC Art Events DC Wedding Reception Venue 2018 04 01 Retrieved 2018 04 04 Threepenny Review editor Wendy Lesser looks back on 35 years of Table Talk Retrieved 2017 06 29 LINFIELD SUSIE 1999 03 07 The Residue of Design Los Angeles Times ISSN 0458 3035 Retrieved 2017 06 29 Unearthly Powers Threepenny Lesser 2010 Retrieved 2017 06 29 External links EditExternal audio Wendy Lesser The Poet and the Poem 2017 18 SeriesOther Press The Threepenny Review Freeze framed Wendy Lesser s essays break emotional ice review of Room for Doubt by Emily Weinstein at The Village Voice Random House Wendy Lesser Films42 feature Wendy Lesser Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wendy Lesser amp oldid 1106596136, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
