Sarah O'Brien

Poet

Lincoln, NE
Nebraska US
Email: 
sarahalesandraobrien@gmail.com
Website: 
www.bostonaccentlit.com
Twitter/X: 
@fluent_saracasm

Author's 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. 

Education: 
University of Nebraska, Omaha MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Concurrence (University of Nebraska Press, 2019)
Journals:
Allegro Poetry Magazine
,
Dirty Chai
,
Every Writer
,
Ghost City Review
,
Grey Borders Magazine
,
In Between Hangovers
,
Ink In Thirds
,
Mineral Lit Mag
,
Nine Muses Poetry
,
The Offbeat
,
Poetry Breakfast
,
Random Sample Review
,
Soundings East
,
Surreal Poetics
,
The Alembic
,
Third Point Press
,
Up the Staircase Quarterly
,
Vending Machine Press
Prizes won: 

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

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, John Ashbery, Ocean Vuong, Lucille Clifton, Rumi
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

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Children, Incarcerated individuals, LGBTQ, Schools, Teenagers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Winchester, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Woburn, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Oct 21, 2020