Sarah Blake
Sarah Blake, born in New Jersey on July 24, 1984, is a poet and novelist. She earned her MFA at Penn State. Her work often explores themes of identity, mythology, and nature. In 2019, her poem “The Starship” was selected by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book for its Public Poetry Project. She is the author of Naamah, a feminist reimagining of the biblical flood, which won the 2019 Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction from the National Jewish Book Awards. Her poetry collections include Mr. West (2015), Let's Not Live on Earth (2017), and In Springtime (2023), the latter employing second-person narration to delve into themes of survival and transformation in a post-human landscape. Blake received a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2013.
Poetry
- Mr. West. Wesleyan University Press, 2015.
- Named After Death. Banango Editions, 2016. E-chapbook.
- Let's Not Live on Earth. Wesleyan University Press, 2017.
- In Springtime. Wesleyan University Press, 2023.
Fiction
- Naamah. Riverhead Books, 2019.
- Clean Air. Algonquin Books, 2022.
“Author Q&A: Sarah Blake.” The Southeast Review, 10 July 2015, https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/2015/07/10/Author-QA-Sarah-Blake.
“Creative Writing Fellows: Sarah Blake.” National Endowment for the Arts, https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/sarah-blake.
Klein, Julia M. “Philadelphia Novelist Sarah Blake Finds the Feminist Side of Noah's Ark in ‘Naamah.’” The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 Apr. 2019, https://www.inquirer.com/arts/books/naamah-sarah-blake-noah-bible-shakespeare-co-philadelphia-20190409.html.
“Sarah Blake.” Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sarah-blake.
Sarah Blake. Wesleyan University, https://sarahblake.site.wesleyan.edu/.
“Sarah Blake: In Springtime – An Interview with Sarah Blake.” Wesleyan University Press, https://www.weslpress.org/in-springtime-an-interview-with-sarah-blake/.
