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Sara Martin on Communal Living as a Writing Practice

Sara Martin on Communal Living as a Writing Practice

Or: The Poetry of a Boarding House

By Sara Martin | December 19, 2025

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

Sara Martin Considers the Motivations Behind Our Literary Untruths

By Sara Martin | July 29, 2024

Seeking a New Story: On Sobriety and the Stories We Tell About Ourselves

Seeking a New Story: On Sobriety and the Stories We Tell About Ourselves

Sara Martin Considers the Sobriety Narrative and the Pitfalls of Fixed Identities

By Sara Martin | October 25, 2022

Is There a More Interesting Way to Talk About the Blurry Line Between a Writer’s Life and Their Fiction?

Is There a More Interesting Way to Talk About the Blurry Line Between a Writer’s Life and Their Fiction?

Sara Martin on Legitimizing Our Lives Through the Experiences of Literary Heroes and Heroines

By Sara Martin | July 20, 2021

Falling in Love With (and In) the Library

Falling in Love With (and In) the Library

Sara Martin on Discovering the Philadelphia Free Library's Digital Resources... From the Inside

By Sara Martin | April 7, 2020

Why Do I Recite the Same Paul Celan Poem to All My Dates?

Why Do I Recite the Same Paul Celan Poem to All My Dates?

Or: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game

By Sara Martin | August 22, 2019

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