Lawrence Sutin
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Lawrence Sutin | |
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 Sutin in 2013 | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, erasure artist |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) Harvard Law |
| Genre | memoir, biography, novel, history |
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Lawrence Sutin (born 1951[citation needed]) is the author of two memoirs, two biographies, a novel and a work of history.
History of works
[edit]Sutin's debut book was Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick.[1] He subsequently edited two volumes of writings by Dick, In Pursuit of Valis: Selections from the Exegesis and The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings.
Sutin then served as editor, interviewer and author for Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance, about his parents' experiences in Jewish partisan units in wartime Poland.[2]
Sutin's second biography was Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley.
Sutin has also published A Postcard Memoir, a set of interlocking short pieces each faced by a vintage postcard image from the author's collection.[2]
His next work was All Is Change: The Two-Thousand Year Journey of Buddhism to the West.[3]
Most recently, Sutin has published a novel, When To Go Into the Water.[4]
Erasure art
[edit]Sutin creates erasure books with collaged and altered texts; excerpts from these have been published online in the literary journals WaterStone and Sleet,[5] and are also on view at his website.[6]
In July 2021, Sutin was awarded a blue ribbon at the Island County fair in the bookmaking class for his erasure work "Lives of the Great Composers".[7]
Professional
[edit]Sutin was a full professor in the M.F.A. and M.L.S. programs at the Hamline University Creative Writing Program in St. Paul, Minnesota.[1] He retired from Hamline in 2015. He was also a faculty member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He retired from Vermont College in 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]- Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (1989(REV.2005))
- In Pursuit of Valis: Selections from the Exegesis (editor)(1991)
- Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance (1995)
- The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings (editor)(1996)
- Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley (2000)
- A Postcard Memoir (2000)
- All Is Change: The Two-Thousand Year Journey of Buddhism to the West (2006)
- When To Go Into the Water (2009)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Larry Sutin bio statement". Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^ a b Sutin, Lawrence (2000). A Postcard Memoir. Graywolf Press. ISBN 1555973043.
- ^ Sutin, Lawrence (30 August 2006). All is Change: The Two-Thousand-Year Journey of Buddhism to the West. Little, Brown. ISBN 0316741566.
- ^ Sutin, Lawrence (2009). When to Go into the Water: A Novel. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1932511727.
- ^ Eide, Anika (2012). "A Sleet Interview with Lawrence Sutin". Sleet Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "Erasure".
- ^ "See Double Press on Instagram: "Blue ribbon for Larry's erasure book!"".
