WENDY WALKER

Wendy Walker with paintings by Leslie Tillett. Photo by d.d.tillett.

Biography

I was born in 1951 in New York City where I still live with my husband, the writer Tom La Farge. Major influences are world travel and the visual arts. I have been a teacher of studio art, art history and creative writing. I have also worked as visual consultant, advisor and curator with a number of galleries, including Art Awareness in Lexington, New York, the Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn and at the Grady Alexis Gallery at El Taller Latino Americano in Manhattan. I am now a core collaborator at Proteus Gowanus in Brooklyn, where I edit Proteotypes, books which grow out of Proteus Gowanus initiatives.
I am working on a poetic non-fiction about the origins of the Gothic novel in Jamaica and Haiti. This book is called SEXUAL STEALING.

Tales
Knots
Four tales from previous collections, reprinted, edited by L. Timmel Duchamp
The Sea-Rabbit, Or, The Artist of Life
Tales based on the texts of the Brothers Grimm.
Stories Out of Omarie
Tales about love and narrative based on the lais of Marie de France
Chained Books
Chained Books
Books altered to include chains and hinges in the manner of the library at Wimborne Minster, UK.
Art Criticism
Balthus' Picture-Book
Linked essays about Balthus' self-portraits and his concern with narrative
Poetic Non-Fiction
BLUE FIRE
A cross-genre book about Constance Kent, Victorian murder and false confession.
Critical Fictions
My Man and Other Critical Fictions
Pieces that combine the strategies of fiction and criticism.
Novel
The Secret Service
A fantastical espionage tale in which the agents masquerade as art objects.