Wendy Sloan
Wendy Sloan

Title: Poet, Translator, Essayist; Retired Attorney

Institution: N/A (formerly Hall & Sloan law firm)

Discipline: Literature & Writing

Appearances: 1

Notable: Literature & Writing

Biography

Sloan is a poet, translator, essayist, and retired attorney who previously practiced labor law with her partner. Her poetry has appeared in multiple journals and anthologies including The Able Muse Translation Issue and The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology. She published Sunday Mornings at the Caffe Mediterraneum (Kelsay Books, 2016). Her achievements include finalist status in the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award Competition, multiple Pushcart Prize nominations, and a Readers' Choice Award from Orbis for her translation of Gaspara Stampa's Sonnet 208. She collaborated with artist Holly Trostle Brigham on Amicizia, an imagined friendship book about Baroque Italian artists Artemisia Gentileschi and Giovanna Garzoni, launched at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia.

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