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Sarah Vowell

Author of Assassination Vacation

Includes the names: Sarah Vowel, Sara Vowell, Saray Vowell, Sarah Vowell, Sarah Vowell, Sarah Vowell, Sarah Vowelll (Author)

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Sarah Vowell lives in New York City. Sarah Vowell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on December 27, 1969. She received a B.A. in modern languages and literatures from Montana State University in 1993 and an M.A. in art history from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. She has written several nonfiction books including The Wordy Shipmates, Assassination Vacation, Radio On, Unfamiliar Fishes, and Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. She has also written two essay collections entitled The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Take the Cannoli. She was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996-2008. Her work has been published in numerous publications including The Village Voice, Esquire, GQ, Spin, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the SF Weekly. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Assassination Vacation… (more)

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Works by Sarah Vowell

Assassination Vacation 4,520 copies, 157 reviews

The Partly Cloudy Patriot 3,017 copies, 51 reviews

The Wordy Shipmates 2,767 copies, 154 reviews

Take the Cannoli 2,261 copies, 27 reviews

Unfamiliar Fishes 1,416 copies, 87 reviews

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States 1,047 copies, 59 reviews

Radio On: A Listener's Diary 453 copies, 3 reviews

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017 (Editor) 81 copies

Family Ties: A Contemporary Perspective 20 copies

Assassination Vacation [Abridged] 5 copies, 2 reviews

Diminishing Returns Letter 1 copy

Ted Koppel Interview 1 copy

Life after life 1 copy

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The Incredibles [2004 film] (Cast.) 1,485 copies, 13 reviews

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Contributor) 1,198 copies, 14 reviews

The Future Dictionary of America (Contributor) 622 copies, 3 reviews

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America (Contributor) 500 copies, 10 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 14 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): McSweeney's at War… (Contributor) 398 copies, 5 reviews

Incredibles 2 [2018 film] (Actor) 366 copies, 5 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 5 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Sometimes Not… (Contributor) 181 copies, 2 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 4: Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying (Contributor) 162 copies, 3 reviews

The Best of McSweeney's {complete} (Contributor) 136 copies, 1 review

Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (Contributor) 115 copies, 3 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (Contributor) 108 copies, 2 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 3: Windfall Republic (Contributor) 92 copies, 1 review

McSweeney's Issue 2: Blues/Jazz Odyssey (Contributor) 70 copies, 2 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 1: Gegenshein (Contributor) 66 copies, 1 review

McSweeney's Issue 50 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (Contributor) 50 copies, 2 reviews

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