Sari Wilson

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Stanford University, Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Program. 1997–1999.
• University of Chicago, Publishing Program. Certification course in copyediting. 1995.
• Oberlin College. Bachelor of Arts, History (Minor: Government). 1990.

Teaching Experience

• Provincetown Adult Education Program, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Spring 2000. Writing Instructor. Taught course in memoir writing.
• Stanford University, Palo Alto. Fall 1998. Teaching Assistant (for Tobias Wolff). Taught discussion section for undergraduate English course "Development of the Short Story."
• Erie Settlement House, Chicago. 1994–1995. Tutored Spanish-speaking immigrants in English as a Second Language.
• Czech Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Prague. 1993. Taught English grammar and conversation.
• Masaryk Teaching Fellowship, Prague. 1993. Taught course in English as a Second Language.
• Jazykova Skola, Prague. 1993. Taught English grammar and conversation.
• The International Center, New York City. 1992. Tutored students in English language and conversation.
• Langston Middle School, Elyria, Ohio. 1990. Tutored students in reading, writing, and math.

Publications

Fiction

• "The Sightseer." Agni. No. 60. Fall 2004.
• "Daily Commerce." Third Coast. Autumn 2001: pp. 87–102
  [Nominated for Pushcart Prize anthology, 2003]
• "Desert Story." Shankpainter. Spring 2001.
• "Fun House." The Thing About Second Chances Is . . . . Short story anthology edited by Robert N. Georgalas. Chicago, IL: Polyphony Press, 2000.
• "The Distance You Have to Go." New York Stories. Vol. 1, No. 1, (summer 1998): pp. 9–15.
• "The Michigan-Indiana Border." Maxine: A Literate Companion for Churlish Girls and Rakish Women. Issue #2 (1996): p. 13.
• "Talkin'" Maxine. Issue #2 (1996): p. 25.
• "Bali." Maxine. Issue #2 (1996): p. 34.

Nonfiction

• "The Comics Revolution in the Language Arts Classroom: An Editor's Perspective," Teachers & Writers magazine. Vol. 39, no. 4 (Summer 2008): pp. 43-46.
• Book review of Seeing Through Places: Reflections on Geography and Identity, by Mary Gordon. Provincetown Arts. July/August 2000.
• "Exercising Abroad." Travel Holiday. Vol. 181, No. 9 (11/98)
• "International Drinking Etiquette." Travel Holiday. Vol. 181, No. 9 (11/98)
• "Was Your Trip Cursed?" Travel Holiday. Vol. 181, No. 8 (10/98): p. 24
• "What's the Origin of the Word Cop?" Maxine: A Literate Companion for Churlish Girls and Rakish Women. Issue #4, 1998: p. 11
• "Travel Adviser: Drive South." Travel Holiday. Vol. 180, No. 7 (9/97): p. 19
• "Travel Adviser." Travel Holiday. Vol. 180, No. 5 (5/97)
• "Favorite Places: Garden Variety Beer." Travel Holiday. Vol. 179, No. 9 (11/96): p. 116
• "Travel Adviser." Travel Holiday. Vol. 179, No. 8. (10/96)
• "Favorite Places: Food for the Soul." Travel Holiday. Vol. 179, No. 7 (7/96): p. 86
• "The S/I Conflict: Jill Ker Conway's True North, Frances Sherwood's Vindication, and Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex." Maxine Issue #2, 1996: p. 39
• "Jane: Twelve Months With a Playmate." Maxine Issue #1, 1995: p. 39
• "On Their Own: A Champion of Foster Care Children." The American Lawyer. 1992
• "Bar Talk: Analyzing the Legal Psyche." The American Lawyer. 1992
• "Management: Making Sure New Clients Can Pay." The American Lawyer. 1992
• "Throwing the Big Party." The Riverdale Press. June, 1991
• "The Bronx Museum of the Arts Celebrates 20 Years." The Riverdale Press. May 2, 1991: front page "Living" section
• "Hard Times and the Non-Profit Job Search." Community Jobs: The Employment Newspaper for the Non-Profit Sector. March, 1991: p. 3
• "Castles and Vases." Brooklyn Free Press. November 30, 1990: p. 8
• "Education: Why Is It so Hard to Change?" The Perspective. March, 1989
• "Redefining Women's Activism: Tossing the Toaster." The Perspective. February, 1989
• "A Perspective on a Progressive Education." The Perspective. November, 1989

Comics writing

• "The Beekeeper." Next-Door Neighbor. Smith magazine (online). Summer 2008 (forthcoming).
• "Travel Tips: Gynecology on the Go." Maxine. Issue #3, 1997: pp. 22-23
• "The Cave of Fear" (co-writer). Keyhole #1, 1995.

Fellowships

• Artist-in-Residence, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, New York. 2006
• Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship (for fiction), Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1999-2000.
• Patricia Rowe Willrich Fellowship in Fiction Writing, Stanford University, 1998–1999
• Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing, Stanford University, 1997–1999
• Masaryk Teaching Fellowship for teaching English as a Second Language, Prague, Czech Republic; Foundation for a Civil Society (formerly the Charter 77 Foundation), 1993

Editorial Experience

• Freelance Educational Writer and Editor. 1998–present
• Editor (literature and language arts educational products). Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 2001–2008. [With team, compiled, wrote, and edited Holt Multicultural Readers. Product won 2007 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award.]
• Research Editor, Playboy magazine, Chicago. 1994–1997
• Contributing Writer, Travel Holiday. 1996–1998
• Contributing Editor, Maxine, 1995–1997
• Researcher and Fact-checker for publications such as US and Redbook. 1991–1993
• Researcher, Bantam Books, New York City. Researched and fact-checked H. Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography, It Doesn't Take a Hero. 1992
• Assistant Editor, The American Lawyer, New York City. 1991–1992
• Research Assistant to Katha Pollitt, columnist for The Nation. 1991–1992
• Editorial Intern, The Nation. Fall 1990

Readings

• Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, New York. 2006
• Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center: Reading: Winter Reading Series. Stanley Kunitz Common Room, Provincetown, MA. February, 2000.
• Stanford Creative Writing Department: Stegner Fellows Reading. Palo Alto, CA. October, 1997
• Workshirts Reading Series. Chicago, IL. June 1995; April 1996
• Arlington Heights Women's Art Gallery: Halloween Reading Series. Chicago, IL. October, 1995
• Beefstew Readings. Prague, Czech Republic. Read regularly at weekly series for English-speaking writers. 1992–1993

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