Susan Daitch
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Susan Daitch is an American
artist and writer.
, graduating in 1977. During this time she worked as a painter creating what she called "narrative drawings."
Later, her attention turned to the Whitney Museum of Modern Arts Independent Study Program where she received further education and eventually began work. During the late 1970s, her artistic approach came to a turning point with a move from art towards fiction.
Daitch is the author of a collection of short stories, Storytown, and two novels, L.C. and The Colorist. Her work has appeared in The Voice Literary Supplement, Guernica, Bomb, The Iowa Anthology of Transgressive Fiction, and The Norton Anthology of Postmodern Literature. Her work has also been the subject of a special issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction, alongside that of David Foster Wallace
and William T. Vollmann
. She currently lives in New York City
.
(1993). "Rend[er]ing L.C.: Susan Daitch Meets Borges & Borges, Delacroix, Marx, Derrida, Daumier, and Other Textualized Bodies." reference; pdf full-text
United States
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artist and writer.
Biography
Susan Daitch attended Barnard CollegeBarnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
, graduating in 1977. During this time she worked as a painter creating what she called "narrative drawings."
Later, her attention turned to the Whitney Museum of Modern Arts Independent Study Program where she received further education and eventually began work. During the late 1970s, her artistic approach came to a turning point with a move from art towards fiction.
Daitch is the author of a collection of short stories, Storytown, and two novels, L.C. and The Colorist. Her work has appeared in The Voice Literary Supplement, Guernica, Bomb, The Iowa Anthology of Transgressive Fiction, and The Norton Anthology of Postmodern Literature. Her work has also been the subject of a special issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction, alongside that of David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
and William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann
William Tanner Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, short story writer, essayist and winner of the National Book Award...
. She currently lives 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...
.
Further reading
Nericcio, William AnthonyWilliam Nericcio
William Anthony Nericcio, aka Memo, is a Chicano literary theorist, cultural critic, American Literature scholar, and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University...
(1993). "Rend[er]ing L.C.: Susan Daitch Meets Borges & Borges, Delacroix, Marx, Derrida, Daumier, and Other Textualized Bodies." reference; pdf full-text