Sean Patrick Wilsey (born May 21, 1970) is the author of the memoir Oh the Glory of It All,[4] published by Penguin in 2005.[5]

Sean Patrick Wilsey
Born(1970-05-21)May 21, 1970[1]
Alma materThe New School for Social Research[3]
Known forAuthor and memoirist
Spousenone

Born and raised in San Francisco, Wilsey is the son of Al Wilsey (1919–2002),[6] a businessman, and Pat Montandon, a socialite and peace activist. He is the stepson of socialite and philanthropist Dede Wilsey.

Wilsey is a former editor-at-large for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. His newest book, a wide-ranging series of essays, More Curious, was published by McSweeney's in 2014.

He was married to Daphne Beal, now divorced, who is also a writer of the book "The Land of No Right Angles".[7]

Bibliography

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Books

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Essays and reporting

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  • "Peace is a Beautiful Thing" (11 Apr. 2005)
  • Wilsey, Sean (April 22, 2013). "Open water : among the gondoliers of Venice". Personal History. The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 10. pp. 40–47.

Interviews

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References

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  1. ^ Emerson, Karen (June 11, 1970). "Please Please Dad On His Own Day". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Zinko, Carolyne (May 15, 2005). "Making peace with the past / In a new memoir, San Francisco native Sean Wilsey chronicles his adolescent angst". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Rich pickings". New Statesman. September 12, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  5. ^ Lipinski, Jed (November 2008). "Interview with Sean Wilsey". The Brooklyn Rail.
  6. ^ Zinko, Carolyne (January 7, 2002). "Alfred Wilsey -- renowned philanthropist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Bischof, Jackie (May 12, 2014). "'Modernity Transfusion' for Clinton Hill House". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2021.