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{{Short description|American author, journalist and actress}}
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'''Sarah Vowell''' (born [[December 27]], [[1969]]) is an American [[author]], [[journalist]], and regular contributor to the radio program ''[[This American Life]]'' on [[Public Radio International]].
{{Infobox person
| name = Sarah Vowell
| image = Sarah Vowell.jpg
| caption = Vowell in August 2007
| alt = Vowell standing onstage in front of a microphone holding papers
| birth_name = Sarah Jane Vowell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|27}}
| birth_place = [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| education = {{Plainlist|
* [[Montana State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.saic.edu/press/sarah-vowell-visits-saic-distinguished-alumni-lecturer |title= Sarah Vowell Visits SAIC as Distinguished Alumni Lecturer |location=Chicago |publisher=[[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] |access-date=2020-07-29 }}</ref>
}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Author
* journalist
* essayist
* social commentator
* actress
}}
| years_active = 1987–present
}}
'''Sarah Jane Vowell''' (born December 27, 1969)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/vowell-sarah-1969|title=Vowell, Sarah 1969– &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> is an American historian,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article177060671.html | title=Our country may be divided, but we shouldn't beat ourselves up about it, author Sarah Vowell says | website=www.newsobserver.com}}</ref> author, journalist, essayist, [[Social commentary|social commentator]] and actress. She has written seven nonfiction books on [[History of the United States|American history]] and culture. Vowell was a contributing editor for the radio program ''[[This American Life]]'' on [[Public Radio International]] from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries. She was also the voice of [[Violet Parr]] in the 2004 animated film ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and its [[Incredibles 2|2018 sequel]].


==Early life and education==
==Background==
Sarah Vowell was born in [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]] on December 27, 1969. Her family moved to [[Bozeman, Montana]] when she was eleven.<ref>{{cite book| title=Take the Cannoli| last=Vowell| first=Sarah| date=April 3, 2001| publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]| isbn=978-0743205405| url=https://archive.org/details/takecannolistori00vowe_0}}</ref> She has a [[fraternal twin]] sister, Amy. Vowell graduated from [[Bozeman High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.montana.edu/news/mountainsandminds/article.html?id=8470 | title=Vowell's constant }}</ref> She earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Montana State University - Bozeman|Montana State University]] in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literature,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.montana.edu/news/mountainsandminds/article.html?id=8470| title=Vowell's constant| first=Carol| last=Schmidt| date=April 30, 2010| publisher=[[Montana State University]]| access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref> and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Art History from the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Vowell Visits SAIC as Distinguished Alumni Lecturer |url=https://www.saic.edu/press/sarah-vowell-visits-saic-distinguished-alumni-lecturer |website=School of the Art Institute of Chicago |access-date=29 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Vowell was born in [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]]. She earned a B.A. from [[Montana State University]] in [[1993]] and an M.A. at the [[Art Institute of Chicago|School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] in [[1996]]. Vowell received the Music Journalism Award in 1996.


==Career==
Deemed a social observer, Vowell has made public appearances in [[Amsterdam]], [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]], and has made appearances on television shows like ''[[Nightline]]'', ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' and ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]''. She also makes regular appearances on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''. Her writing has been published in ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Gentlemen's Quarterly|GQ]]'', ''[[Spin Magazine|Spin]]'', ''[[New York Times|The New York Times]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Times|The Los Angeles Times]]'' and ''[[The San Francisco Weekly]]'', and she has been a regular contributor to the online magazine ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]''.
===Writing===
Vowell's articles have been published in ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Spin Magazine]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[SF Weekly]]'', and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarah Vowell {{!}} Authors {{!}} The Village Voice|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/author/sarahvowell/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=www.villagevoice.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=VOWELL|first=SARAH|title=How to Get Ketchup Out of a Bottle {{!}} Esquire {{!}} NOVEMBER 2000|url=https://classic.esquire.com/article/2000/11/1/how-to-get-ketchup-out-of-a-bottle|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Esquire {{!}} The Complete Archive|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wilco, Summerteeth (Reprise) SPIN|url=https://www.spin.com/1999/12/20-best-albums-1999/140312-wilco-summerteeth/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=www.spin.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Vowell|first=Sarah|date=2020-05-17|title=Opinion {{!}} How Democrats Win in My Red State (and They Do Win)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/opinion/montana-democrats.html|access-date=2020-07-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vowell|first=Sarah|date=1999-01-10|title=The Incredible Vanishing Act of an American Icon|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-10-bk-62008-story.html|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vowell|first=Sarah|date=1996-08-28|title=Suspicious Minds|url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/suspicious-minds-17/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=SF Weekly|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Sarah Vowell. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/sarah-vowell-national-archives-digitization-records-smartphones/?itid=co_opicymi_1%20The%20Equalizer https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/sarah-vowell-national-archives-digitization-records-smartphones/?itid=co_opicymi_1 The Equalizer] The Washington Post, October 8, 2024.</ref> She has been a regular contributor to the online magazine ''[[Salon.com]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.salon.com/writer/sarah_vowell/ | title=Sarah Vowell | work=[[Salon.com]] | access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref> and was one of the original contributors to ''[[McSweeney's]]'', participating in many of the [[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern|quarterly]]'s readings and shows.


Vowell's first book, ''[[Radio On: A Listener's Diary]]'' (1997), which featured her year-long diary of listening to the radio in 1995, caught the attention of ''[[This American Life]]'' host [[Ira Glass]], and it led to Vowell becoming a frequent contributor to the show.{{citation needed| date = February 2020}} Thereafter, segments on the show became the subjects for many of her subsequent published essays.{{citation needed| date = February 2020}} Vowell's first essay collection was ''[[Take the Cannoli]]'' (2000), which was followed by ''[[The Partly Cloudy Patriot]]'' (2002).
Vowell lives in [[New York City]], cannot swim, is afraid of heights, and does not drive a car. She usually enlists the aid of her friends and family to drive her to plaques and graves when doing research. She suffers from [[celiac disease]], in which the body has an auto-immune reaction to gluten. She's also an [[atheist]].[http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24569]


In 2005, Vowell served as a guest columnist for ''The New York Times'' during several weeks in July, briefly filling in for [[Maureen Dowd]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vowell |first1=Sarah |title=Lock and Load |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/23/opinion/lock-and-load.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 July 2020 |date=23 July 2005}}</ref> Vowell also served as a guest columnist in February 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Vowell, Guest Columnist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/1194817114980/sarah-vowell-guest-columnist.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 July 2020 |date=3 February 2006}}</ref> Her book ''[[Assassination Vacation]]'' (2005) describes a road trip to tourist sites devoted to the murders of presidents [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[James A. Garfield]] and [[William McKinley]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Woodward |first1=Richard B. |title='Assassination Vacation' by Sarah Vowell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/travel/assassination-vacation-by-sarah-vowell.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 July 2020 |date=15 May 2005}}</ref> Vowell's book, ''[[The Wordy Shipmates]]'' (2008), analyzes the settlement of the [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–40)|New England Puritans]] in America and their contributions to American history.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Heffernan|first=Virginia|date=2008-11-28|title=Mayflower Power|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/books/review/Heffernan-t.html|access-date=2020-07-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Also in 2008, Vowell's essay about [[Montana]] appeared in the book ''[[State by State|State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America]]''.
Vowell is part [[Cherokee]] (about 1/8th on her mother’s side and 1/16th on her father’s side). According to Vowell, “Being at least a little Cherokee in northeastern Oklahoma is about as rare and remarkable as being a [[Michael Jordan]] fan in Chicago.” She retraced the path of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma known as the [[Trail of Tears]] with her twin sister Amy. This was chronicled on the July 4th episode of ''This American Life'' in 1998, which was devoted entirely to the story. [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/107.html]


Vowell wrote ''[[Unfamiliar Fishes]]'' (2011), which discusses the [[Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii]] and the [[Newlands Resolution]].<ref name=uf-lat/><ref name=GoodmanWashPo20110315/> In April 2011, the book became a [[New York Times Bestseller]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2011/04/10/hardcover-nonfiction/ |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 July 2020 |date=10 April 2011}}</ref> In her Los Angeles Times review, Susan Salter Reynolds wrote that Vowell's "cleverness is gorgeously American: She collects facts and stores them like a nervous chipmunk, digesting them only for the sake of argument."<ref name=uf-lat>{{cite news|last=Salter Reynolds|first=Susan|title=Book review: 'Unfamiliar Fishes' by Sarah Vowell: The 'Partly Cloudy Patriot' author takes on American imperialism and exceptionalism.|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2011-mar-26-la-et-book-20110326-story.html|access-date=September 21, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 26, 2011}}</ref> [[Allegra Goodman]], writing in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', describes the work as "a big gulp of a book, printed as an extended essay... Lacking section or chapter breaks, Vowell's quirky history lurches from one anecdote to the next. These are often entertaining, but in the aggregate they begin to sound the same..."<ref name=GoodmanWashPo20110315>{{cite news|last=Goodman |first=Allegra |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/sarah-vowells-unfamiliar-fishes/2011/03/15/AFxWs5GC_story.html |title=Sarah Vowell's 'Unfamiliar Fishes,' a quirky history of Hawaii |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 1, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> Goodman also wrote that "Vowell tells a good tale" with "shrewd observations", but that she found that "the narrative wears thin where casual turns cute and cute threatens to turn glib."<ref name=GoodmanWashPo20110315/>
Vowell’s twin sister Amy gave her a hair of [[abolitionist]] guerrilla warrior [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] for Christmas, which now decorates her wall.


Her most recent book is ''[[Lafayette in the Somewhat United States]]'' (2015), an account of the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]], a French aristocrat who became [[George Washington]]'s trusted officer and friend, and afterward an American celebrity.<ref name=lsus-nyt/><ref name=lsus-npr/> In a review for ''The New York Times'', [[Charlie Pierce|Charles P. Pierce]] wrote, "Vowell wanders through the history of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]] and its immediate aftermath, using Lafayette's involvement in the war as a map, and bringing us all along in her perambulations… and doing it with a wink."<ref name=lsus-nyt>{{Cite news|title = Sarah Vowell's 'Lafayette in the Somewhat United States'|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/books/review/sarah-vowells-lafayette-in-the-somewhat-united-states.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = November 17, 2015|access-date = February 7, 2016|issn = 0362-4331|first = Charles P.|last = Pierce}}</ref> [[NPR]] reviewer Colin Dwyer wrote, "It's awfully refreshing to see Vowell bring our founders down from their lofty pedestals. In her telling, they're just men again, not the gods we've long since made of them."<ref name=lsus-npr>{{cite web|title = 'Somewhat United' Brings Lafayette Down From His Pedestal|url = https://www.npr.org/2015/10/21/448932918/somewhat-united-brings-lafayette-down-from-his-pedestal|website = NPR.org|access-date = February 7, 2016|first = Colin|last = Dwyer| date=October 21, 2015 }}</ref>
For the audio recording of her 2002 book, Vowell was able to call upon such friends as [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Seth Green]], [[Stephen Colbert]], [[David Cross]], [[Paul Begala]], [[Michael Chabon]], [[Norman Lear]], and [[They Might Be Giants]] to contribute to the reading. The resulting excerpts were posted in ''[[McSweeney's]] Internet Tendency''.[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/vowell/]


===Public appearances and lectures===
Vowell had friends [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Stephen King]], [[Dave Eggers]], [[Brad Bird]], and [[Catherine Keener]] assist her to record the audiobook version of her 2005 book ''[[Assassination Vacation]]''.
[[File:Sarah Vowell at Lamar University 6 April 2010.jpg|thumbnail|Vowell signing books after a lecture at [[Lamar University]], Beaumont, Texas, 2010]]
Vowell has appeared on television shows such as ''[[Nightline]]'', ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'',<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://jezebel.com/5375372/sarah-vowell-jon-stewart-and-the-freedom-of-the-bowl-haircut
| title=Sarah Vowell, Jon Stewart, And The Freedom of the Bowl Haircut
| first=Anna
| last=North
| date=October 6, 2009
| publisher=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]
| access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', and ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=988751
| title=Barnes & Noble Biography: Meet the writers - Sarah Vowell
| work=Steven Barclay Agency
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022113005/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=988751
| archive-date=October 22, 2012
| url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source needed| date = February 2020}}


In April 2006, Vowell served as the keynote speaker at the 27th Annual Kentucky Women Writers Conference.<ref>{{cite web
In [[2004]], Vowell provided the voice of Violet, the shy teenager in the [[Brad Bird]]-directed [[Pixar]] animated film ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and reprised her role for the various related video games. The makers of ''The Incredibles'' discovered Vowell from an episode of ''This American Life'' where she and her father fire a homemade cannon. Pixar made a test animation for Violet using audio from that sequence.
| url=http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=8&artid=655
| title=Women Writers Conference Announces Creative Nonfiction Contest
| date=October 11, 2005
| publisher=[[University of Kentucky]]
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220022707/http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=8&artid=655
| archive-date=February 20, 2012
| url-status=dead}}</ref> In August and September 2006, she toured the United States as part of the ''Revenge of the Book Eaters'' national tour, which benefited the children's literacy centers [[826NYC]], [[826CHI]], [[826 Valencia]], [[826LA]], 826 Michigan, and [[826 Seattle]].{{citation needed| date = February 2020}}


Vowell also provided commentary in [[Robert Wuhl]]’s 2005 ''[[Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl]]'' HBO specials.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Robert Wuhl Is a Teacher on HBO's 'Assume the Position With Mr. Wuhl' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/01/arts/television/robert-wuhl-is-a-teacher-on-hbos-assume-the-position-with.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 July 2020 |date=1 April 2006}}</ref>
She also wrote and was featured in ''Vowellet: An Essay by Sarah Vowell'' included on the DVD version of ''The Incredibles'', where she reflects on the differences between being super hero Violet and being an author of history books on the subject of assassinated presidents, and what it means to her nephew Owen.


===Voice and acting work===
In [[2005]], Vowell served as a guest columnist for the [[New York Times]] during several weeks in [[July 2005|July]], briefly filling in for [[Maureen Dowd]].
Vowell provided the voice of [[Violet Parr]], a shy teenager, in the 2004 [[Pixar]] animated film ''[[The Incredibles]]'', and returned to her role for the film's sequel, ''[[Incredibles 2]]'', in 2018.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://insidethemagic.net/2018/06/interview-acclaimed-author-and-incredibles-2-star-sarah-vowell-on-superheroes-disney-parks-and-america/
| title=INTERVIEW: Acclaimed author and "Incredibles 2" star Sarah Vowell on superheroes, Disney, and America
| first=Mike
| last=Celestino
| date=June 11, 2018
| publisher=Inside The Magic
| access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Ching, Albert | date = July 14, 2017 | title=D23 Expo: Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios—The Upcoming Films | work = CBR.com | url=http://www.cbr.com/d23-expo-pixar-walt-disney-animation-studios-upcoming-films/ | access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> Vowell also voiced the character in various related video games, and for ''[[Disney on Ice]]'' presentations in the years following the film's release.<ref>{{Cite web|last=mwoulfe@nwitimes.com 219.852.4329|first=MOLLY WOULFE|title=Disney on Ice unmasks 'Incredibles' ice show|url=https://www.nwitimes.com/lifestyles/disney-on-ice-unmasks-incredibles-ice-show/article_8986404c-616d-5a6f-9e93-b81ec67755f0.html|access-date=2020-07-29|website=nwitimes.com|date=January 24, 2006 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarah Vowell|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102970/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=IMDb}}</ref> Director [[Brad Bird]] heard Vowell on ''This American Life'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Litman|first=Juliet|date=2018-06-14|title=The Making of Violet Parr in 'The Incredibles'|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/6/14/17462664/the-incredibles-2-violet-parr-sarah-vowell|access-date=2020-07-29|website=The Ringer|language=en}}</ref> "Guns", in which she and her father fire a homemade cannon and determined Vowell’s voice fit the character.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= Glass, Ira (host, exec. prod.), Vowell, Sarah (guest writer/presenter) |display-authors=etal |date= October 24, 1997 |title= This American Life |trans-title= "Guns" (episode 81) |medium= archived audio |language= en |url= http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/81/guns |access-date= July 3, 2015 |time= unknown time |location= Chicago, IL |publisher= Chicago Public Media |ref= episode 81 }}</ref> Pixar made a test animation for Violet using audio from that sequence, which was included on the DVD of ''The Incredibles''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Incredibles DVD Review|url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/theincredibles.html|access-date=2020-07-29|website=www.dvdizzy.com}}</ref> Vowell also wrote and was featured in a documentary included on the same DVD, entitled "Vowellett—An Essay by Sarah Vowell", in which she reflects on the difference between being an author of history books on assassinated presidents and voicing the superhero Violet, and on what the role meant to her nephew.


Vowell was featured prominently in the 2002 documentary about the alternative rock band [[They Might Be Giants]], entitled ''[[Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)|Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns]]'', and she appeared with band members [[John Linnell]] and [[John Flansburgh]] in the DVD commentary for the movie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/8237/gigantic-a-tale-of-two-johns/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=DVD Talk|language=en}}</ref> She also provided commentary for the April 2006 episode "Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley," one of ten in the [[History Channel]] miniseries ''[[10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America]].''<ref>{{Citation|title="Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America" Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley (TV Episode 2006) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783596/fullcredits|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref>
For the month of February (2006), she will be writing a column for The New York Times, which will appear in both the print edition, and online at www.nytimes.com in the TimesSelect section (beginning on February 1st).


In September 2006, Vowell appeared as a minor character in the ABC drama ''[[Six Degrees (TV series)|Six Degrees]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Six Degrees (TV Series 2006–2008) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0801427/fullcredits|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref> She appeared in an episode of HBO's ''[[Bored to Death]]'', as an interviewer in a bar, and in 2010, appeared briefly in the film ''[[Please Give]]'', as a shopper.<ref>{{Citation|title=Bored to Death (TV Series 2009–2011) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255913/fullcredits|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Please Give (2010) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878835/fullcredits|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref> Vowell also appeared on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' as a Senior Historical Context Correspondent.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-09|title=Sarah Vowell comes back to WBEZ|url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/sarah-vowell-comes-back-to-wbez/809828d2-18bd-4fd2-a05d-2e4e9d2d66af|access-date=2020-07-29|website=WBEZ Chicago|language=en}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
* [[1997]] ''[[Radio On: A Listener's Diary]]'' ISBN 0-312-18301-1
* [[2000]] ''[[Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World]]'' ISBN 0-743-20540-5
* [[2002]] ''[[The Partly Cloudy Patriot]]'' ISBN 0-743-24380-3
* [[2005]] ''[[Assassination Vacation]]'' ISBN 0-743-26003-1


==Radio==
==Personal life==
Vowell writes that she has a small amount of [[Cherokee Nation]] ancestry (about 1/8 on her mother's side and 1/16 on her father's side). She is not a citizen of the Cherokee Nation or any other tribe. She retraced the path of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the [[southeastern United States]] to Oklahoma, known as the [[Trail of Tears]], with her twin sister Amy. In 1998, ''[[This American Life]]'' chronicled her story, devoting the entire hour to her work.<ref>{{cite web
Sarah Vowell has pieces featured on the following episodes of ''This American Life'':
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/96/31.html 31 &ndash; ''When you talk about music'']
| url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/107/trail-of-tears
| title=107: Trail of Tears
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/96/45.html 45 &ndash; ''Media fringe'']
| date=July 3, 1998
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/54.html 54 &ndash; ''Sinatra'']
| work=[[This American Life]]
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/56.html 56 &ndash; ''Name change'']
| access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref>
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/58.html 58 &ndash; ''Small towns'']
Vowell spent many vacations with her sister and nephew visiting historical sites. As a child she attended church three times a week and seldom travelled.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/65.html 65 &ndash; ''Who's Canadian?'']

* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/67.html 67 &ndash; ''Your dream, my nightmare'']
She has described herself as a “culturally Christian atheist”.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/opinion/21vowell.html | title=Sarah Vowell - Freedom from Religion Foundation | work=The New York Times | date=January 21, 2008 | last1=Vowell | first1=Sarah }}</ref>
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/70.html 70 &ndash; ''Other people's mail'']

* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/76.html 76 &ndash; ''Mob'']
Vowell lives in [[Manhattan]], New York. She is on the advisory board of [[826NYC]], a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for students aged 6–18 in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=826NYC About|url=https://826nyc.org/about/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=826nyc.org}}</ref>
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/97/81.html 81 &ndash; ''Guns'']

* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/90.html 90 &ndash; ''Telephone'']
==Selected published works==
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/94.html 94 &ndash; ''How to'']
* 1997—''[[Radio On: A Listener's Diary]]'', {{ISBN|0-312-18301-1}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/97.html 97 &ndash; ''Death to wacky'']
* 2000—''[[Take the Cannoli|Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World]]'', {{ISBN|0-7432-0540-5}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/104.html 104 &ndash; ''Music lessons'']
* 2002—''[[The Partly Cloudy Patriot]]'', {{ISBN|0-7432-4380-3}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/107.html 107 &ndash; ''Trail of tears''], devoted entirely to Sarah Vowell's story about the [[Trail of Tears]]
* 2005—''[[Assassination Vacation]]'', {{ISBN|0-7432-6003-1}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/114.html 114 &ndash; ''Last words'']
* 2008—''[[The Wordy Shipmates]]'', {{ISBN|1-59448-999-8}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/98/118.html 118 &ndash; ''What you lookin' at?'']
* 2011—''[[Unfamiliar Fishes]]'', {{ISBN|1-59448-787-1}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/99/125.html 125 &ndash; ''Apocalypse'']
* 2015—''[[Lafayette in the Somewhat United States]]'', {{ISBN|1-59463-174-3}}.
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/99/128.html 128 &ndash; ''Four corners'']

* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/99/129.html 129 &ndash; ''Advice'']
==Filmography==
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/99/141.html 141 &ndash; ''Invisible worlds'']

* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/99/148.html 148 &ndash; ''The angels wanna wear my red suit'']
===Film===
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/00/151.html 151 &ndash; ''Primary'']
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/00/167.html 167 &ndash; ''Memo to the people of the future'']
|-
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/00/174.html 174 &ndash; ''Birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones'']
! Year
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/01/191.html 191 &ndash; ''I know what you did this summer'']
! Title
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/02/226.html 226 &ndash; ''Reruns'']
! Role
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/03/235.html 235 &ndash; ''The balloon goes up'']
! class="unsortable"| Notes
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/03/239.html 239 &ndash; ''Lost in America''], including a story about [[The Battle Hymn of the Republic]] and [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]
|-
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/03/244.html 244 &ndash; ''MacGyver'']
| 1987 || ''[[End of the Line (1987 film)|End of the Line]]'' || Diner Waitress || Uncredited
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/03/247.html 247 &ndash; ''What is this thing?'']
|-
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/04/256.html 256 &ndash; ''Living without'']
| 1999 || ''Man in the Sand'' || Herself || Documentary
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/04/277.html 277 &ndash; ''Apology'']
|-
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/05/291.html 291 &ndash; ''Reunited'']
| 2002 || ''[[Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)|Gigantic]]'' || Herself ||
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/pages/descriptions/05/305.html 305 &ndash; This American Life Holiday Spectacular] - Listen to "Christmas at Valley Forge" (lyrics by Sarah Vowell, music by Marah)
|-
| 2004 || ''[[The Incredibles]]'' || [[Violet Parr]] || Voice
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Please Give]]'' || Shopper ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Hit So Hard]]'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
| 2013 || ''[[A.C.O.D.]]'' || Lorraine ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' || Violet Parr || Voice
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 2006–2007 || ''[[Six Degrees (TV series)|Six Degrees]]'' || Edie || 2 episodes
|-
| 2006 || ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' || Herself || 1 episode
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Bored to Death]]'' || Journalist ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Lafayette: The Lost Hero'' || rowspan=8 | Herself || Documentary
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' || rowspan=6 | Special guest
|-
| 2011, 2013, 2015 || ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]''
|-
| ''[[The Tavis Smiley Show]]''
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]''
|-
| 2016 || ''Well Read V''
|-
| 2018 || ''[[The Who Was? Show]]'' || rowspan=1 | Episode: “George Washington & Marco Polo”
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2004 || ''[[The Incredibles (video game)|The Incredibles]]'' || rowspan=7 | [[Violet Parr]] ||
|-
| 2004 || ''The Incredibles: When Danger Calls'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure]]'' ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Disney Infinity (video game)|Disney Infinity]]'' || rowspan=3 | Credited as Sara Vowell
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Disney Infinity 2.0]]''
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]''
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Lego The Incredibles]]'' ||
|}

===Short film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 2005 || ''Vowellet&nbsp;– An Essay by Sarah Vowell'' || Herself, writer, archive footage || Included as a bonus feature to ''[[The Incredibles]]'' on home media; details Vowell's voice work during the film while also writing ''Assassination Vacation'' and how her ''[[This American Life]]'' writing/narration earned her the role of Violet.
|}

===Theme parks===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Incredicoaster]]'' || Violet Parr || Voice
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4601915 Sarah Vowell interview on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross]
* [http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Sarah-Vowell/1558688 Sarah Vowell author page]
* [http://www.postmodernrock.com/interviews/ Sarah Vowell interview on Radio KPSU, Portland, Oregon]
* [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/sarah-vowell Sarah Vowell page at ''This American Life'']
* [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Sarah_Vowell They Might Be Giants wiki, Sarah Vowell page]
* [http://barclayagency.com/vowell.html Steven Barclay Agency, Sarah Vowell page]
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Sarah Vowell
Vowell standing onstage in front of a microphone holding papers
Vowell in August 2007
Born
Sarah Jane Vowell

(1969-12-27) December 27, 1969 (age 54)
Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • essayist
  • social commentator
  • actress
Years active1987–present

Sarah Jane Vowell (born December 27, 1969)[2] is an American historian,[3] author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress. She has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. Vowell was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries. She was also the voice of Violet Parr in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.

Early life and education

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Sarah Vowell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on December 27, 1969. Her family moved to Bozeman, Montana when she was eleven.[4] She has a fraternal twin sister, Amy. Vowell graduated from Bozeman High School.[5] She earned a B.A. from Montana State University in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literature,[6] and an M.A. in Art History from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.[7]

Career

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Writing

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Vowell's articles have been published in The Village Voice, Esquire, Spin Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, SF Weekly, and The Washington Post.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] She has been a regular contributor to the online magazine Salon.com,[15] and was one of the original contributors to McSweeney's, participating in many of the quarterly's readings and shows.

Vowell's first book, Radio On: A Listener's Diary (1997), which featured her year-long diary of listening to the radio in 1995, caught the attention of This American Life host Ira Glass, and it led to Vowell becoming a frequent contributor to the show.[citation needed] Thereafter, segments on the show became the subjects for many of her subsequent published essays.[citation needed] Vowell's first essay collection was Take the Cannoli (2000), which was followed by The Partly Cloudy Patriot (2002).

In 2005, Vowell served as a guest columnist for The New York Times during several weeks in July, briefly filling in for Maureen Dowd.[16] Vowell also served as a guest columnist in February 2006.[17] Her book Assassination Vacation (2005) describes a road trip to tourist sites devoted to the murders of presidents Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley.[18] Vowell's book, The Wordy Shipmates (2008), analyzes the settlement of the New England Puritans in America and their contributions to American history.[19] Also in 2008, Vowell's essay about Montana appeared in the book State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America.

Vowell wrote Unfamiliar Fishes (2011), which discusses the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Newlands Resolution.[20][21] In April 2011, the book became a New York Times Bestseller.[22] In her Los Angeles Times review, Susan Salter Reynolds wrote that Vowell's "cleverness is gorgeously American: She collects facts and stores them like a nervous chipmunk, digesting them only for the sake of argument."[20] Allegra Goodman, writing in The Washington Post, describes the work as "a big gulp of a book, printed as an extended essay... Lacking section or chapter breaks, Vowell's quirky history lurches from one anecdote to the next. These are often entertaining, but in the aggregate they begin to sound the same..."[21] Goodman also wrote that "Vowell tells a good tale" with "shrewd observations", but that she found that "the narrative wears thin where casual turns cute and cute threatens to turn glib."[21]

Her most recent book is Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (2015), an account of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat who became George Washington's trusted officer and friend, and afterward an American celebrity.[23][24] In a review for The New York Times, Charles P. Pierce wrote, "Vowell wanders through the history of the American Revolution and its immediate aftermath, using Lafayette's involvement in the war as a map, and bringing us all along in her perambulations… and doing it with a wink."[23] NPR reviewer Colin Dwyer wrote, "It's awfully refreshing to see Vowell bring our founders down from their lofty pedestals. In her telling, they're just men again, not the gods we've long since made of them."[24]

Public appearances and lectures

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Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 2010

Vowell has appeared on television shows such as Nightline, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,[25] The Colbert Report, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[26][better source needed]

In April 2006, Vowell served as the keynote speaker at the 27th Annual Kentucky Women Writers Conference.[27] In August and September 2006, she toured the United States as part of the Revenge of the Book Eaters national tour, which benefited the children's literacy centers 826NYC, 826CHI, 826 Valencia, 826LA, 826 Michigan, and 826 Seattle.[citation needed]

Vowell also provided commentary in Robert Wuhl’s 2005 Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl HBO specials.[28]

Voice and acting work

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Vowell provided the voice of Violet Parr, a shy teenager, in the 2004 Pixar animated film The Incredibles, and returned to her role for the film's sequel, Incredibles 2, in 2018.[29][30] Vowell also voiced the character in various related video games, and for Disney on Ice presentations in the years following the film's release.[31][32] Director Brad Bird heard Vowell on This American Life,[33] "Guns", in which she and her father fire a homemade cannon and determined Vowell’s voice fit the character.[34] Pixar made a test animation for Violet using audio from that sequence, which was included on the DVD of The Incredibles.[35] Vowell also wrote and was featured in a documentary included on the same DVD, entitled "Vowellett—An Essay by Sarah Vowell", in which she reflects on the difference between being an author of history books on assassinated presidents and voicing the superhero Violet, and on what the role meant to her nephew.

Vowell was featured prominently in the 2002 documentary about the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, entitled Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns, and she appeared with band members John Linnell and John Flansburgh in the DVD commentary for the movie.[36] She also provided commentary for the April 2006 episode "Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley," one of ten in the History Channel miniseries 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America.[37]

In September 2006, Vowell appeared as a minor character in the ABC drama Six Degrees.[38] She appeared in an episode of HBO's Bored to Death, as an interviewer in a bar, and in 2010, appeared briefly in the film Please Give, as a shopper.[39][40] Vowell also appeared on The Daily Show as a Senior Historical Context Correspondent.[41]

Personal life

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Vowell writes that she has a small amount of Cherokee Nation ancestry (about 1/8 on her mother's side and 1/16 on her father's side). She is not a citizen of the Cherokee Nation or any other tribe. She retraced the path of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma, known as the Trail of Tears, with her twin sister Amy. In 1998, This American Life chronicled her story, devoting the entire hour to her work.[42] Vowell spent many vacations with her sister and nephew visiting historical sites. As a child she attended church three times a week and seldom travelled.

She has described herself as a “culturally Christian atheist”.[43]

Vowell lives in Manhattan, New York. She is on the advisory board of 826NYC, a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for students aged 6–18 in Brooklyn.[44]

Selected published works

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  • 1997—Radio On: A Listener's Diary, ISBN 0-312-18301-1.
  • 2000—Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World, ISBN 0-7432-0540-5.
  • 2002—The Partly Cloudy Patriot, ISBN 0-7432-4380-3.
  • 2005—Assassination Vacation, ISBN 0-7432-6003-1.
  • 2008—The Wordy Shipmates, ISBN 1-59448-999-8.
  • 2011—Unfamiliar Fishes, ISBN 1-59448-787-1.
  • 2015—Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, ISBN 1-59463-174-3.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1987 End of the Line Diner Waitress Uncredited
1999 Man in the Sand Herself Documentary
2002 Gigantic Herself
2004 The Incredibles Violet Parr Voice
2010 Please Give Shopper
2011 Hit So Hard Herself Documentary
2013 A.C.O.D. Lorraine
2018 Incredibles 2 Violet Parr Voice

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006–2007 Six Degrees Edie 2 episodes
2006 The Colbert Report Herself 1 episode
2009 Bored to Death Journalist
2010 Lafayette: The Lost Hero Herself Documentary
2011 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Special guest
2011, 2013, 2015 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2011 Last Call with Carson Daly
The Tavis Smiley Show
2015 Conan
2016 Well Read V
2018 The Who Was? Show Episode: “George Washington & Marco Polo”

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Incredibles Violet Parr
2004 The Incredibles: When Danger Calls
2012 Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
2013 Disney Infinity Credited as Sara Vowell
2014 Disney Infinity 2.0
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0
2018 Lego The Incredibles

Short film

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Vowellet – An Essay by Sarah Vowell Herself, writer, archive footage Included as a bonus feature to The Incredibles on home media; details Vowell's voice work during the film while also writing Assassination Vacation and how her This American Life writing/narration earned her the role of Violet.

Theme parks

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Incredicoaster Violet Parr Voice

References

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  1. ^ "Sarah Vowell Visits SAIC as Distinguished Alumni Lecturer" (Press release). Chicago: School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Vowell, Sarah 1969– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  3. ^ "Our country may be divided, but we shouldn't beat ourselves up about it, author Sarah Vowell says". www.newsobserver.com.
  4. ^ Vowell, Sarah (April 3, 2001). Take the Cannoli. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0743205405.
  5. ^ "Vowell's constant".
  6. ^ Schmidt, Carol (April 30, 2010). "Vowell's constant". Montana State University. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Sarah Vowell Visits SAIC as Distinguished Alumni Lecturer". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "Sarah Vowell | Authors | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  9. ^ VOWELL, SARAH. "How to Get Ketchup Out of a Bottle | Esquire | NOVEMBER 2000". Esquire | The Complete Archive. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Wilco, Summerteeth (Reprise) SPIN". www.spin.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  11. ^ Vowell, Sarah (May 17, 2020). "Opinion | How Democrats Win in My Red State (and They Do Win)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  12. ^ Vowell, Sarah (January 10, 1999). "The Incredible Vanishing Act of an American Icon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  13. ^ Vowell, Sarah (August 28, 1996). "Suspicious Minds". SF Weekly. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  14. ^ Sarah Vowell. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/sarah-vowell-national-archives-digitization-records-smartphones/?itid=co_opicymi_1 The Equalizer The Washington Post, October 8, 2024.
  15. ^ "Sarah Vowell". Salon.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  16. ^ Vowell, Sarah (July 23, 2005). "Lock and Load". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "Sarah Vowell, Guest Columnist". The New York Times. February 3, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  18. ^ Woodward, Richard B. (May 15, 2005). "'Assassination Vacation' by Sarah Vowell". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  19. ^ Heffernan, Virginia (November 28, 2008). "Mayflower Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  20. ^ a b Salter Reynolds, Susan (March 26, 2011). "Book review: 'Unfamiliar Fishes' by Sarah Vowell: The 'Partly Cloudy Patriot' author takes on American imperialism and exceptionalism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  21. ^ a b c Goodman, Allegra (April 1, 2011). "Sarah Vowell's 'Unfamiliar Fishes,' a quirky history of Hawaii". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  22. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers". The New York Times. April 10, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  23. ^ a b Pierce, Charles P. (November 17, 2015). "Sarah Vowell's 'Lafayette in the Somewhat United States'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  24. ^ a b Dwyer, Colin (October 21, 2015). "'Somewhat United' Brings Lafayette Down From His Pedestal". NPR.org. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  25. ^ North, Anna (October 6, 2009). "Sarah Vowell, Jon Stewart, And The Freedom of the Bowl Haircut". Jezebel. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  26. ^ "Barnes & Noble Biography: Meet the writers - Sarah Vowell". Steven Barclay Agency. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
  27. ^ "Women Writers Conference Announces Creative Nonfiction Contest". University of Kentucky. October 11, 2005. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012.
  28. ^ Sandomir, Richard (April 1, 2006). "Robert Wuhl Is a Teacher on HBO's 'Assume the Position With Mr. Wuhl'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  29. ^ Celestino, Mike (June 11, 2018). "INTERVIEW: Acclaimed author and "Incredibles 2" star Sarah Vowell on superheroes, Disney, and America". Inside The Magic. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  30. ^ Ching, Albert (July 14, 2017). "D23 Expo: Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios—The Upcoming Films". CBR.com. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  31. ^ mwoulfe@nwitimes.com 219.852.4329, MOLLY WOULFE (January 24, 2006). "Disney on Ice unmasks 'Incredibles' ice show". nwitimes.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ "Sarah Vowell". IMDb. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  33. ^ Litman, Juliet (June 14, 2018). "The Making of Violet Parr in 'The Incredibles'". The Ringer. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  34. ^ Glass, Ira (host, exec. prod.), Vowell, Sarah (guest writer/presenter) et al. (October 24, 1997). This American Life ["Guns" (episode 81)] (archived audio). Chicago, IL: Chicago Public Media. Event occurs at unknown time. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  35. ^ "The Incredibles DVD Review". www.dvdizzy.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  36. ^ "Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)". DVD Talk. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  37. ^ "Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America" Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley (TV Episode 2006) - IMDb, retrieved July 29, 2020
  38. ^ Six Degrees (TV Series 2006–2008) - IMDb, retrieved July 29, 2020
  39. ^ Bored to Death (TV Series 2009–2011) - IMDb, retrieved July 29, 2020
  40. ^ Please Give (2010) - IMDb, retrieved July 29, 2020
  41. ^ "Sarah Vowell comes back to WBEZ". WBEZ Chicago. March 9, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  42. ^ "107: Trail of Tears". This American Life. July 3, 1998. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  43. ^ Vowell, Sarah (January 21, 2008). "Sarah Vowell - Freedom from Religion Foundation". The New York Times.
  44. ^ "826NYC About". 826nyc.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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