Natasha Stagg

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Natasha Stagg is a writer based in New York City.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Stagg grew up in Tucson, Arizona.[2] She attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where her writing won a Hopwood Award for nonfiction[3] and the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship.[4] She moved to New York City[5] and has since attended a residency at Yaddo.[6]

Work[edit]

Stagg published her first book, Surveys, in 2016 through Semiotext(e)/Native Agents.[7] The coming of age novel follows 23-year-old Colleen, a mall employee in Tucson, Arizona, who rises to internet fame by blogging about her semi-famous boyfriend and recent move to sunny Los Angeles, CA. The protagonist's obsession for a never-ending stream of external validation from online followers as well as the constant grooming of her public relationship with her boyfriend has led many critics to describe the novel as a prescient first-hand account of the rise of the phenomena of social media influencers on Instagram and Twitter.[8]

In 2019, Stagg's second book, titled Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011–2019, was published and included a number of essays, criticism, and auto-fiction on publishing, art, and fashion from the 2010s.[9] The book features essays on The Real Housewives of New York, Abercrombie & Fitch and Marc Jacobs, Alexandra Marzella, Kim Kardashian, Russian-red boots, PR jobs, and fundraising parties.[10][11]

In 2020, Stagg wrote about Eduardo "Roth" Neira's eco-friendly architecture firm, Roth Architecture, and its newest project, the SFER IK Museion in Mexico.[12]

Stagg has written for Artforum, V, Playboy, Spike Art Magazine, and n+1.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Natasha Stagg is Ready". Cultured Magazine. December 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  2. ^ SSENSE (August 19, 2016). "Natasha Stagg Is Almost Not-Famous". ssense. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hopwood writing awards presented to 34". University of Michigan News. April 20, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Alumni & Winners | U-M LSA Hopwood Program". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Natasha Stagg on Practical Thinking". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Writers – Yaddo". www.yaddo.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "Sleeveless | The MIT Press". The MIT Press. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Review: An edgy take on Internet fame vs. Hollywood fame: "Surveys" by Natasha Stagg". Los Angeles Times. March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Natasha Stagg is Ready". Cultured Magazine. December 27, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "'Influencing is heading into the void': Natasha Stagg and Kate Durbin on the future of social media". Document Journal. December 10, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  11. ^ Satenstein, Liana. "Natasha Stagg's Sleeveless Explains the New York That We Hate to Love". Vogue. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "Natasha Stagg around the Azulik hotel". www.artforum.com. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Articles by Natasha Stagg | V Magazine Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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