Stacey Levine
Encyclopedia
Stacey Levine is an American novelist, short story author, and journalist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri
, she attended The University of Missouri's
journalism school and the University of Washington
. Her fiction and criticism have appeared in numerous journals, including The Washington [D.C.] Review, Fence, The Denver Quarterly, Tin House, the Notre Dame Review, the Iowa Review, The American Book Review, Nest-A Journal of Interiors, The Seattle Times, Bookforum, The Stranger
, and others.
Reviewer and filmmaker Kristy Eldridge remarked of Levine's 1998 novel Dra---: "[It] takes place at the site of the earliest human issues. Levine even uses overtly Freudian underpinnings, as Dra--- at one point nestles jealously between a man and woman who are trying to have sex...though her sexuality is located at such a submerged area of childish fantasy that it could scarcely be termed a 'drive.' Levine evokes the early stages of longing with beautiful, arresting prose."
Bookforum described Levine's language in the 2009 story collection The Girl With Brown Fur as "edgy and brittle, spare and stabbing," and her sentences as possessing "throat-clutching beauty."
Time Out New York noted Levine's 2005 novel Frances Johnson as possessing "an uncanny vibe...and full of weird lacunae." Stephen Beachy, in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, observed: "If Levine's worlds sometimes evoke those of French writer Marie Redonnet or Canadian Steve Wiener, these psychic zones are entirely her own."
In the early-to mid-00s, Levine, among others, contributed to the Clear Cut Press vision and presence first articulated by Clear Cut publishers Matthew Stadler
and Richard Jensen during a particularly heady artistic DIY zeitgeist in the region. From 1995-2000, Levine wrote features and interviews for *The Stranger* under then-editor Emily White.
Levine received a Stranger Genius Award for Literature in 2009, was a Finalist for the 2006 Washington State Book Award
in Fiction, and received a PEN/West Fiction award in 1994. She has received a number of writing grants and fellowships. She wrote the script for a radio play, The Post Office (1996), and a one-act play, Susan Moneymaker, Large and Small, published as a chapbook by Belladonna Books (NYC) and produced in Seattle. She wrote the libretto for an historical puppet opera, The Wreck of the St. Nikolai (2004). This work was directed and performed in Seattle by members of The Black Cat Orchestra and Spectratone International.
Levine's work has been translated from English into Danish and Japanese. Currently she lives in Seattle, where she continues to write fiction, teach, and publish in periodicals.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, she attended The University of Missouri's
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
journalism school and the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
. Her fiction and criticism have appeared in numerous journals, including The Washington [D.C.] Review, Fence, The Denver Quarterly, Tin House, the Notre Dame Review, the Iowa Review, The American Book Review, Nest-A Journal of Interiors, The Seattle Times, Bookforum, The Stranger
The Stranger (newspaper)
The Stranger is an alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington, USA. It runs a blog known as Slog.-History:The Stranger was founded by Tim Keck, who had previously co-founded the satirical newspaper The Onion, and cartoonist James Sturm. Its first issue came out on September 23, 1991...
, and others.
Reviewer and filmmaker Kristy Eldridge remarked of Levine's 1998 novel Dra---: "[It] takes place at the site of the earliest human issues. Levine even uses overtly Freudian underpinnings, as Dra--- at one point nestles jealously between a man and woman who are trying to have sex...though her sexuality is located at such a submerged area of childish fantasy that it could scarcely be termed a 'drive.' Levine evokes the early stages of longing with beautiful, arresting prose."
Bookforum described Levine's language in the 2009 story collection The Girl With Brown Fur as "edgy and brittle, spare and stabbing," and her sentences as possessing "throat-clutching beauty."
Time Out New York noted Levine's 2005 novel Frances Johnson as possessing "an uncanny vibe...and full of weird lacunae." Stephen Beachy, in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, observed: "If Levine's worlds sometimes evoke those of French writer Marie Redonnet or Canadian Steve Wiener, these psychic zones are entirely her own."
In the early-to mid-00s, Levine, among others, contributed to the Clear Cut Press vision and presence first articulated by Clear Cut publishers Matthew Stadler
Matthew Stadler
Matthew Stadler is a writer and editor who lives in Portland, Oregon. He has written four novels and received several awards and fellowships in recognition of his work. More recently, he has compiled four anthologies about literature, city life and public life...
and Richard Jensen during a particularly heady artistic DIY zeitgeist in the region. From 1995-2000, Levine wrote features and interviews for *The Stranger* under then-editor Emily White.
Levine received a Stranger Genius Award for Literature in 2009, was a Finalist for the 2006 Washington State Book Award
Washington State Book Award
The Washington State Book Awards are presented annually in recognition of notable books written by Washington authors in the previous year.This literary awards program was established in 1967 as the Governor's Writers Awards. The program was based at the Washington State Library in Olympia...
in Fiction, and received a PEN/West Fiction award in 1994. She has received a number of writing grants and fellowships. She wrote the script for a radio play, The Post Office (1996), and a one-act play, Susan Moneymaker, Large and Small, published as a chapbook by Belladonna Books (NYC) and produced in Seattle. She wrote the libretto for an historical puppet opera, The Wreck of the St. Nikolai (2004). This work was directed and performed in Seattle by members of The Black Cat Orchestra and Spectratone International.
Levine's work has been translated from English into Danish and Japanese. Currently she lives in Seattle, where she continues to write fiction, teach, and publish in periodicals.
External links
- Official website
- Interviewed by Tao Lin
- Kill Rock Stars: Stacey Levine and Peter Toliver
- Stacey Levine interviewed by Michael Silverblatt on KCRW's Bookworm
- Interview of author Ben Marcus
- Stacey Levine Audio Recording on Pistil Books Online
- Review of The Girl with Brown Fur in The Believer
- "Stacey Levine is the proud owner of a sheet cake"
- My Horse review at Read a Fucking Book