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Valerie Sayers [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
South Bend, IN
Indiana US
Email: 
vsayers@nd.edu
Bio: 

My new novel, The Powers, featuring Joe DiMaggio, Dorothy Day, and Walker Evans, is composed in parallel narratives of prose and photography. I'm interested in the way artists act (or don't act) as moral witnesses, and how they formalize their responses to what Susan Sontag calls "the suffering of others." Five previous novels have recently been reissued by Northwestern University Press.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Beaufort
Raised in: 
Beaufort, SC
Website: 
https://nd.edu/~vsayers/index.html [2]
Prizes won: 

Pushcart Prize, NEA fellowship in fiction

Identifies as: 
Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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