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Victoria Wilson grew up on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City. She is a vice president and senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf.

Joined July 2013
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"In May, Knopf will publish Simard’s own book, 'Finding the Mother Tree,' a vivid and compelling memoir of her lifelong quest to prove that 'the forest was more than just a collection of trees.'" —@nytimes 🌳🌲 nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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ruins in your country to see, Mr Longfellow, and so we thought we would come to see you”. #CrossofSnow #Longfellow #Books @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook #basbanes The full article is to be found here: bit.ly/3nsRmJF
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Josef Albers's "Study for Homage to the Square" is in "Dynamic Visions" at Tornabuoni Art, London, through December 12. #josefalbers #homagetothesquare #interactionofcolor #onview @TornabuoniArt
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Join me and Texas A&M rare books curator Kevin O'Sullivan on Thursday to discuss the 25th anniversary of "A Gentle Madness" and highlights from the exhibition dedicated to the book. Should be fun! @VickyWilsonBook @TAMU #basbanes #bibliophile bit.ly/3kbxXvo
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Nicholas Fox Weber captures the magic of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the love she and her husband Marty shared for Albers, in the current edition of Frieze. frieze.com/article/artist-wh…
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Anni Albers's screenprint "TR III" is in "The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree" at @CamdenArtCentre, London, through December 23. #annialbers #screenprint #camdenartcentre #botanicalmind
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Nicholas Fox Weber's "Anni & Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal" is the first monograph to celebrate the rich creative output and beguiling relationship of these two masters. Available for preorder at tinyurl.com/y6suucqc
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Victoria Wilson retweeted
"I don’t know of anything in the history of Black people in this country in which I’ve read some account in which it ended with, “and then they gave up.” That’s just not what we do. I know we work for the future of our children and our grandchildren and their children."
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Josef Albers integrated the colorful foliage at Black Mountain College into his teaching. “Collected in all varieties, in all possible shades of color ... they are both exciting to see and most stimulating to work with in free studies.” Photo: Fritz Goro #albersarchives
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Associate curator Karis Medina will give an illustrated lecture on Anni Albers's working process, taking a deep dive into the creation and structure of her pictorial weavings, tomorrow, Friday, September 18 at 1:00pm EST. Register at textilemonth.nyc/events?tag=…
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Victoria Wilson retweeted
There's still a few seats left for my talk tomorrow night hosted by the Caxton Club, now 125 years young. Details here: caxtonclub.org/event-3895160 #CrossofSnow #Longfellow #books @VickyWilsonBook @AAKnopf
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Last weekend to see "In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut" at the New Britain Museum of American Art. ... #annialbers #AnniAlbersNBMAA #printmaking #textileart #annialbersbychristopherfarr @NBMAA @farr_handmade
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.@aaknopf @bellevuepress #author #NicholasFoxWeber talks with a Senegalese woman in­volved with entrepreneurial project to grow food in #Senegal #LeKorsa @Albers_Lucy aflk.org @loomischaffee @reginatierney photo by Scott Purdy
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Victoria Wilson retweeted
Marking the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote, @MorganRadford reports from the unveiling of the first statue of women in New York’s Central Park. The statue portrays women’s suffrage activists Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth.
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Tomorrow! 9/3 at 5:30pm join Mary Beth Norton for a discussion of 1774, her latest book on revolutionary change, from the Boston Tea Party to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, joined by @aaknopf VP & Senior Editor @VickyWilsonBook. Register: bit.ly/2QKaaFO
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Beautiful photos by Josef Albers, who was invited to teach at the Institute of Technology in Lima in 1953. #alberstravels #josefalbers #albersarchives #travelthroughart
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. @Sarah_Chayes writes in her new book, that the US is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. Hear her in conversation with @VickyWilsonBook tonight, 8/19 at 7 pm. RSVP for free: bit.ly/2Q0S5D9 Buy the book: bit.ly/2EaqmgX
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Tomorrow! Wednesday 8/19 at 7pm ET join @AAKnopf Senior Editor, VP Victoria Wilson and @Sarah_Chayes, author of ON CORRUPTION IN AMERICA, which explores the networks of corruption of America's past, present, and precarious future. via @BooksandBooks crowdcast.io/e/sarahchayes
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Victoria Wilson retweeted
Prizewinning journalist @Sarah_Chayes and her legendary editor @VickyWilsonBook are having an in-depth discussion 8/19 at 7 pm; exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, & precarious future. RSVP: bit.ly/2Q0S5D9 @AAKnopf @PRHHigherEd
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