Discipline: Literature – fiction

Sophie Yanow

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: CALIFORNIA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2018

Sophie Yanow drew the first 20 pages of a new graphic novel whil in residence. The book deals with her introduction to leftist politics; upon completion it will be published by Drawn & Quarterly. Her comic book "What is a Glacier?" received a Notable Mention in the Best American Comics 2018. Her first graphic novel, War of Streets and Houses, was nominated for TCAF's Doug Wright Spotlight Award and the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Nib, Fusion, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Lifted Brow, and The Comics Journal. She is the translator of the graphic novel Pretending is Lying by Dominique Goblet.

Portrait by Victoria Heisler

Studios

Star

Sophie Yanow worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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