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about Sarah
Author photos by Richard Hill.
Sarah Rebecca Warren, Ph.D. is a writer, educator, and musician who lives in Denver, Colorado. Her writing has appeared in Oklahoma Today, Gravel, Luna Luna, World Literature Today, among other magazines and journals. Her poems "Anatomy of an Eating Disorder" and "Chimayo Milagros" won first place in the Arcturus Fall 2017 Poetry Contest, adjudicated by Ruben Quesada. Sarah’s chapbook, Price of Admission, appears in Floodgate Poetry Series Volume 5 (Upper Rubber Boot Books, March 2019).
“Ultimately, the body is our main vessel on this planet and in this life, and when it is being used to credit or discredit how we identify ourselves, it can and should strike a nerve in all of us.”
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WRITING
“Warren’s delivery of place erupts with tradition and sorrow…a distinct quality of Price of Admission is its ability to walk readers around each poem’s specific scene, situating readers into multiple worlds of internal and external significance.”
- Abriana Jetté, Ph.D. for Stay Thirsty Magazine, summer 2019
"The poet wrestles both internally and externally to find acceptance for herself and her body. Yet, there is no safe harbor for the poet in this world; she is "bribed / to tame my body. Good girls are always in control." To enact some kind of discipline with food even in the company of family, she says, "My body. A body. A thing to ribbon like a 4H hog, / and the family agrees: it must be altered, carved up." This poem records the imagination that many of us have about being challenged by the public and personal scrutiny surrounding the beauty of the body. I'm reminded of the inimitable RuPaul, when he proclaims "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" The poet desires acceptance and understanding at any cost. Though every reader has their own desire for the attainment of physical beauty this poem may bring us closer to understanding a particular experience."
- Ruben Quesada for Arcturus, fall 2017
POETRY
“Anatomy of an Eating Disorder” and “Chimay0 Milagros” (Arcturus, fall 2017)
“Vespers” and “Flower Moon Fugue” (LunaLuna, winter 2017)
“Crossing” and “Diamond” (BlazeVOX, fall 2016)
“Sunday School Lesson” (Hobo Camp Review, fall 2016)
“Introit” and “To Virginia With Love” (Gravel, fall 2015)
Selected INTERVIEWS and BOOK REVIEWS
Joy Harjo’s Mo(u)rning in America (World Literature Today, August 2019)
“Telling it Slant: A Conversation With Marilyn Nelson” (World Literature Today, March 2018)
“One Hundred Hungers By Lauren Camp” (World Literature Today, November 2016)
This anthology includes work by Sarah Rebecca Warren, as well as a long line of exceptional writers. For more information, please see Hobo Camp Review.
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MUSIC
Choral Singing
Sarah has performed as a staff singer (alto) with several Episcopal choirs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She had the privilege of touring with the choir of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in their 2009 and 2011 tours. Stops on these trips included Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral, Lichfield Cathedral, and St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Sarah most recently sang with the choir of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Dallas, Texas.
Flute Performance
Sarah is a degreed, seasoned, professional flutist and is available for performances, lessons, and workshops.
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CONTACT Sarah
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