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Lawrence Sutin

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Lawrence Sutin
Sutin in 2013
Sutin in 2013
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, erasure artist
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Harvard Law
Genrememoir, biography, novel, history
Website
www.lawrencesutin.com

Lawrence Sutin (born 1951[citation needed]) is the author of two memoirs, two biographies, a novel and a work of history.

History of works

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Larry Sutin bio statement". Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  2. ^ a b Sutin, Lawrence (2000). A Postcard Memoir. Graywolf Press. ISBN 1555973043.
  3. ^ Sutin, Lawrence (30 August 2006). All is Change: The Two-Thousand-Year Journey of Buddhism to the West. Little, Brown. ISBN 0316741566.
  4. ^ Sutin, Lawrence (2009). When to Go into the Water: A Novel. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1932511727.
  5. ^ Eide, Anika (2012). "A Sleet Interview with Lawrence Sutin". Sleet Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "Erasure".
  7. ^ "See Double Press on Instagram: "Blue ribbon for Larry's erasure book!"".