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Worn: A People's History of Clothing

by Sofi Thanhauser

Whiting FoundationNonfictionISBN 9780525566731

About This Book

Sofi Thanhauser is recognized for her nonfiction — including Worn: A People's History of Clothing — for her materialist history of textiles and the labor behind them. This record is a writer-level placeholder for her Whiting Award.

About the Author

Sofi Thanhauser is a writer, artist, and musician based in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where she developed an early interest in vintage clothing, later studying history at Columbia University and earning a master's in creative writing and natural resources from the University of Wyoming. She is the author of the acclaimed Worn: A People's History of Clothing (Pantheon, 2022), a New Yorker Best Book of 2022, and teaches writing at Pratt Institute.

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