Darcey Steinke
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Darcey Steinke is an American novelist and journalist. The daughter of a Lutheran minister, she was born on April 25, 1962. She is the author of four novels, Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, and Milk, and the memoir Easter Everywhere. She also co-edited the collection of essays Joyful Noise: The New Testament Revisited with Rick Moody
. Steinke has written extensively on art and literature and was a frequent contributor to Spin Magazine, covering the David Koresh
Branch Davidian
story and contributing a 1997 cover story on Kurt Cobain
. In addition, she has a web project called blindspot, http://adaweb.com/project/blindspot/ which was part of the Whitney Biennial
in 2000. Two of her novels have been recognized as New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
Steinke's prose has been said to "repeatedly hint at the divine in tangible things"http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/02/28/050228crbn_brieflynoted2. Her novels often grapple with the difficult conjunctions of "sex and spirit" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63170-2005Mar24.html.
She currently teaches at Goddard College
in Vermont
, New School University and Columbia University
in New York City
and lives with her daughter in Brooklyn
.
She is a graduate of Goucher College
and the University of Virginia.
Rick Moody
Rick Moody is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into a feature film of...
. Steinke has written extensively on art and literature and was a frequent contributor to Spin Magazine, covering the David Koresh
David Koresh
David Koresh , born Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet. Howell legally changed his name to David Koresh on May 15, 1990. A 1993 raid by the U.S...
Branch Davidian
Branch Davidian
The Branch Davidians are a Protestant sect that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists , a reform movement that began within the Seventh-day Adventist Church around 1930...
story and contributing a 1997 cover story on Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
. In addition, she has a web project called blindspot, http://adaweb.com/project/blindspot/ which was part of the Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
in 2000. Two of her novels have been recognized as New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
Steinke's prose has been said to "repeatedly hint at the divine in tangible things"http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/02/28/050228crbn_brieflynoted2. Her novels often grapple with the difficult conjunctions of "sex and spirit" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63170-2005Mar24.html.
She currently teaches at Goddard College
Goddard College
Goddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
in Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, New School University and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and lives with her daughter in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
.
She is a graduate of Goucher College
Goucher College
Goucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287 acre campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 31 majors and six interdisciplinary...
and the University of Virginia.