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Lucy Sante (formerly Luc Sante; born May 25, 1954) is a Belgian-born American writer, critic, and artist. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Her books include Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York (1991).
Lucy Sante. Publication date 13 February 2024, from Penguin Press. Illustrated with real and imaginary photographs. I braid together two timelines: the first six months of my transition and the panorama of my entire life. I tell my story in as few words as possible, but with plenty of digressions and a good shake of the old gusto jar.
Feb 21, 2024 · Sante is known for her incisive criticism and cultural commentary for The New York Review of Books. In her new memoir, I Heard Her Call My Name, she writes about coming out as a transgender...
Jan 20, 2022 · On Becoming Lucy Sante. For the first time, the renowned writer, culture critic, and scholar of the demimonde discusses her transition—and finding herself. By Lucy Sante. January 20, 2022. “I am...
Feb 14, 2024 · Lucy Sante Is the Same Writer She Has Always Been. In her memoir “I Heard Her Call My Name,” the author reflects on her life and embarking on a gender transition in her late 60s. Share full...
Mar 21, 2024 · In early 2021, the writer Lucy Sante sent an e-mail to her closest friends. Its subject was “A Bombshell,” which Sante later joked was an unintentional pun. In the text she attached, she...
ABOUT | Lucy Sante. Born 1954 Verviers, Belgium. Family emigrated to the United States several times between 1959 and 1963. Settled in first Summit and then New Providence, New Jersey.
I Heard Her Call My Name. A Memoir of Transition. An iconic writer’s lapidary memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was. For a long time, Lucy Sante felt unsure of her place.
Feb 18, 2024 · The writer Lucy Sante, author of the books "Low Life," "The Other Paris" and other nonfiction works, lived most of her life as a man. In her mid-60s, though, she realized she had been...
Feb 3, 2024 · Now comes Lucy Sante with a memoir, “I Heard Her Call My Name,” about transitioning in her late 60s from male to female. She can hear what some of you are thinking. She fears that, by...
