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Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction Entertainment

3.8/5 (155,800 ratings)
Born
December 26 1969
Sarah Jane Vowell is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and a short documentary, VOWELLET - An Essay by SARAH VOWELL in the "Behind the Scenes" extras of The Incredibles DVD Release.

She earned a B.A. from Montana State University in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literatures and an M.A. in Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. Vowell received the Music Journalism Award in 1996.

Vowell is a New York Times’ bestselling author of five nonfiction books on American history and culture. Her most recent book is Unfamiliar Fishes , which reviews the takeover of Hawaii's property and politics first by white missionaries from the United States and later joined by American plantation growers, ultimately resulting in a Coup d'état, restricted voting rights for nonwhites, and forced statehood for the small chain of islands. Her earlier book, The Wordy Shipmates , examines the New England Puritans and their journey to and impact on America. She studies John Winthrop’s 1630 sermon “A Model of Christian Charity” – and the bloody story that resulted from American exceptionalism. And she also traces the relationship of Winthrop, Massachusetts’ first governor, and Roger Williams, the Calvinist minister who founded Rhode Island – an unlikely friendship that was emblematic of the polar extremes of the American foundation. Throughout, she reveals how American history can show up in the most unexpected places in our modern culture, often in unexpected ways.

Her book Assassination Vacation describes a road trip to tourist sites devoted to the murders of presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. Vowell examines what these acts of political violence reveal about our national character and our contemporary society.

She is also the author of two essay collections, The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Take the Cannoli . Her first book Radio On: A Listener's Diary , is her year-long diary of listening to the radio in 1995.

Her writing has been published in The Village Voice, Esquire, GQ, Spin, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the SF Weekly, and she has been a regular contributor to the online magazine Salon. She was one of the original contributors to McSweeney’s, also participating in many of the quarterly’s readings and shows.

In 2005, Vowell served as a guest columnist for The New York Times during several weeks in July, briefly filling in for Maureen Dowd. Vowell also served as a guest columnist in February 2006, and again in April 2006.

In 2008, Vowell contributed an essay about Montana to the book State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America.

Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction Entertainment

3.8/5 (155,800 ratings)
Born
December 26 1969
Sarah Jane Vowell is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and a short documentary, VOWELLET - An Essay by SARAH VOWELL in the "Behind the Scenes" extras of The Incredibles DVD Release.

She earned a B.A. from Montana State University in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literatures and an M.A. in Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. Vowell received the Music Journalism Award in 1996.

Vowell is a New York Times’ bestselling author of five nonfiction books on American history and culture. Her most recent book is Unfamiliar Fishes , which reviews the takeover of Hawaii's property and politics first by white missionaries from the United States and later joined by American plantation growers, ultimately resulting in a Coup d'état, restricted voting rights for nonwhites, and forced statehood for the small chain of islands. Her earlier book, The Wordy Shipmates , examines the New England Puritans and their journey to and impact on America. She studies John Winthrop’s 1630 sermon “A Model of Christian Charity” – and the bloody story that resulted from American exceptionalism. And she also traces the relationship of Winthrop, Massachusetts’ first governor, and Roger Williams, the Calvinist minister who founded Rhode Island – an unlikely friendship that was emblematic of the polar extremes of the American foundation. Throughout, she reveals how American history can show up in the most unexpected places in our modern culture, often in unexpected ways.

Her book Assassination Vacation describes a road trip to tourist sites devoted to the murders of presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. Vowell examines what these acts of political violence reveal about our national character and our contemporary society.

She is also the author of two essay collections, The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Take the Cannoli . Her first book Radio On: A Listener's Diary , is her year-long diary of listening to the radio in 1995.

Her writing has been published in The Village Voice, Esquire, GQ, Spin, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the SF Weekly, and she has been a regular contributor to the online magazine Salon. She was one of the original contributors to McSweeney’s, also participating in many of the quarterly’s readings and shows.

In 2005, Vowell served as a guest columnist for The New York Times during several weeks in July, briefly filling in for Maureen Dowd. Vowell also served as a guest columnist in February 2006, and again in April 2006.

In 2008, Vowell contributed an essay about Montana to the book State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America.

Books from Sarah Vowell

Assassination Vacation

Sarah Vowell

3.9/5 (46,528 ratings)

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell

3.8/5 (28,533 ratings)

The Wordy Shipmates

Sarah Vowell

3.6/5 (23,749 ratings)

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Sarah Vowell

3.8/5 (16,365 ratings)

Take the Cannoli

Sarah Vowell

3.8/5 (15,275 ratings)

Unfamiliar Fishes

Sarah Vowell

3.6/5 (14,975 ratings)

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

David Sedaris

3.6/5 (8,675 ratings)

More Information Than You Require Adapted

John Hodgman

3.7/5 (6,847 ratings)

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

Lemony Snicket

3.8/5 (3,995 ratings)

That Is All

John Hodgman

4/5 (2,236 ratings)

Radio On: A Listener's Diary

Sarah Vowell

3.4/5 (1,581 ratings)

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

Matt Weiland

3.7/5 (1,301 ratings)

The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love, and Liberty in the American Ballad

Sean Wilentz

3.9/5 (194 ratings)

Don't Forget to Write: 54 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons for Students 6-18

826 Valencia

4.3/5 (36 ratings)

The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory

Renee C. Romano

3.7/5 (24 ratings)

Family Ties: A Contemporary Perspective

Trevor J. Fairbrother

4.2/5 (7 ratings)

Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World

Sarah Vowell

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Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World

Sarah Vowell

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Take the Cannoli Signed

Sarah Vowell

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Magazine November 1997

GQ Magazine

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