Darcey Steinke
(b.1964)Darcey Steinke is an American novelist and journalist. The daughter of a Lutheran minister. She is the author of four novels (Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, and Milk) and the memoir Easter Everywhere. She also co-edited the collection of essays Joyful Noise: The New Testament Revisited with Rick Moody. Steinke has written extensively on art and literature and was a frequent contributor to Spin Magazine, covering the David Koresh Branch Davidian story and contributing a 1997 cover story on Kurt Cobain. In addition, she has a web project called blindspot, which was part of the Whitney Biennial in 2000.
Novels
Up Through the Water (1989)
Suicide Blonde (1992)
Jesus Saves (1997)
Milk (2005)
Sister Golden Hair (2014)
Suicide Blonde (1992)
Jesus Saves (1997)
Milk (2005)
Sister Golden Hair (2014)
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