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Janet Sarbanes

Janet Sarbanes
BornJanet Matina Sarbanes
1968
Occupation
  • Author
  • professor
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
ParentsPaul Sarbanes
Christine Dunbar
RelativesJohn Sarbanes (brother)

Janet Matina Sarbanes (/ˈsɑːrbeɪnz/; born 1968) is an American author and a professor of creative writing and cultural studies.[1] Her books Army of One and The Protester Has Been Released[2] are collections of short fiction.[3][4] Her book Letters on the Autonomy Project is a collection of essays exploring the relation between art and politics via the concept of autonomy.[5] She has published numerous essays on art, aesthetics, pedagogy and communal practice.[6]

Education

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Sarbanes received her BA in comparative literature from Princeton[7] and her PhD in English from UCLA.[8] As a Princeton undergraduate, she spearheaded a successful effort to make the words of the school's alma mater gender inclusive.[9][10]

Career

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Sarbanes teaches creative writing and cultural studies at the California Institute of the Arts.[3][11][12]

Publications

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Letters on the Autonomy Project

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Letters on the Autonomy Project was published by punctum books in June 2022.[13][14]

The Protester Has Been Released

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The Protester Has Been Released[15] is a collection of ten short stories and one novella.[16] It was published by C&R Press in April 2017.[3]

Army of One

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Army of One was published by Otis Press Seismicity Editions in Los Angeles.[17][18]

"The Shaker 'Gift' Economy"

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Sarbanes received the Eugene Battisti Award from the Society for Utopian Studies for her essay "The Shaker 'Gift' Economy: Charisma, Aesthetic Practice and Utopian Communalism."[19]

"Reframing the House of Dust"

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Sarbanes received the Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her essay project "Reframing the House of Dust: A Meditation in Many Parts."[20][21][22]

Personal life

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Sarbanes lives in Los Angeles.[1] Her father was former Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and her brother is former U.S. Representative John Sarbanes.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b "LARB Radio Hour: Janet Sarbanes's "The Protester Has Been Released"; Plus Recent Chinese LGBT Literature - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ^ "Best of 2017: Best Fiction Books". ENTROPY. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. ^ a b c "Janet Sarbanes Wants Protesters to Persist | A WOMEN'S THING". A WOMEN’S THING. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ^ "Army of One". www.spdbooks.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. ^ "Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books". punctumbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  6. ^ "A Community of Artists: Radical Pedagogy at CalArts, 1969-72". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  7. ^ Golden, Daniel (2009-01-21). The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. Crown/Archetype. ISBN 9780307497376.
  8. ^ Banta, Martha (1993). Taylored Lives: Narrative Productions in the Age of Taylor, Veblen, and Ford. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226037011. janet sarbanes ucla.
  9. ^ "Is Old Nassau Sexist? Princeton Examines Its School Song". The New York Times. 22 February 1987.
  10. ^ "Princeton Sons Take Note of Daughters in Their Midst".
  11. ^ "Reframing the House of Dust: An Interview with Janet Sarbanes and Ken Ehrlich". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  12. ^ "Allie Rowbottom discusses and signs Jell-o Girls: A Family History, in conversation with Janet Sarbanes | Book Soup". www.booksoup.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  13. ^ "Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books". punctumbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  14. ^ "Art, Freedom, Collectivism: Janet Sarbanes Talks "Letters on the Autonomy Project"". BmoreArt. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  15. ^ "Janet Sarbanes: The Protester has Been Released :: The Marc Steiner Show". www.steinershow.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  16. ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Protestor Has Been Released by Janet Sarbanes. C&R Press, $18 trade paper (194p) ISBN 978-1-936196-65-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  17. ^ "Janet Sarbanes's Army of One by Rachel Kushner - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  18. ^ Weingarten, Marc (2008-07-09). "Into the Wild: Janet Sarbanes and Leni Zumas". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  19. ^ "Janet Sarbanes's Essay on the Shaker Gift Economy Wins the Battisti Award". 28 October 2010.
  20. ^ "CalArts' Janet Sarbanes Wins Writers Grant from Creative Capital - Santa Clarita Arts". santaclaritaarts.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  21. ^ "Fifty Years Later CalArts Revisits House of Dust: KCRW Design & Architecture". blogs.kcrw.com. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  22. ^ "Janet Sarbanes - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant Program". www.artswriters.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  23. ^ Barnes, Bart (December 7, 2020). "Paul Sarbanes, senator from Maryland who led overhaul of corporate accounting rules, dies at 87". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2025.