Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker (born January 25, 1951) is an American writer known for her fiction and cross-genre writings. With her husband, the writer Tom La Farge, she co-founded The Writhing Society in 2009, a salon/class devoted to the exploration and invention of constraints for verbal and visual composition. They also co-founded Proteotypes, the publishing arm of the Proteus Gowanus Gallery from 2009 to 2015.

Early life and education Walker was born in Manhattan, New York City. She graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in History of Art in 1972, and from Teachers College, Columbia University with a M.A. in Art and Education in 1974.

Books

Novels The Secret Service (Sun & Moon Press, 1992; reprinted by Tough Poets, 2021)

Short Stories The Sea-Rabbit: Or, the Artist of Life (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1988) Stories Out of Omarie (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1995; reprinted by Green Integer, 2024) Knots (Aqueduct Press, 2006)

Poetry Sexual Stealing (Temporary Culture, 2021)

Art The Camperdown Elm (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017)

Cross-Genre Blue Fire (Proteotypes, 2009) Hysterical Operators (Proteotypes, 2010) My Man and Other Critical Fictions (Temporary Culture, 2011)