Celebrations of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry by Sarah and guests. Close readings and explorations of splendid paragraphs, stanzas, and the occasional page or two. Sometimes craft-y. Sometimes just human.
Novelist, freelance writer/editor/instructor. Teaching: Stanford CS. Fiction: Marriage to the Sea (March 2026) and Hungry Ghost Theater. Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Fiction Writers (with Ron Nyren).
Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.
One-minute reads on inspiration and humor in the creative life. I should have named this 100 Words!
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.