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Sarah O'Brien [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska US
Email: 
sarahalesandraobrien@gmail.com
Bio: 

Sarah A. O'Brien is a poet and painter from Massachusetts, USA. She is the author of the poetry book Shapeshifter (Boston Accent Lit, 2019). Sarah is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal and press, Boston Accent Lit, and she is an Editor of Horn Pond Review. She also wrote and published three poetry chapbooks: Dancing on a Dead-End Street, Moon-Soaked, and Cozy (available on gumroad.com/sarahobrien). Sarah currently writes, teaches, and bartends in Nebraska. Find her tweeting from the heartland @fluent_saracasm. 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, John Ashbery, Ocean Vuong, Lucille Clifton, Rumi
Twitter/X: 
@fluent_saracasm
Born in: 
Winchester, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Woburn, MA
Massachusetts
Website: 
https://www.bostonaccentlit.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Academic Excellence Award in Poetry from Providence College; Providence College Poetry & Fiction Contest: First Place in Prose Poetry; 2011 McKeown Scholar 

Education: 
University of Nebraska, Omaha
What I'm reading now: 
You are Not Dead by Wendy Xu
Linda Vista by Tracy Letts
Meet Me at the Happy Bar by Steve Langan
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
At Risk Youth
Children
Incarcerated Individuals
LGBTQ
Schools
Teenagers
Women

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sarah_obrien

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sarah_obrien [2] https://www.bostonaccentlit.com