Sarah Blake (poet)

Sarah Blake is an American writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her debut novel, Naamah, is a retelling of the Great Flood and the family's time on the ark. Her poetry books include Mr. West and Let's Not Live on Earth, as well as the chapbook Named After Death. She received a Literature Fellowship from the NEA in 2013.

This article is about the author of Naamah. For the author of Postmistress, see Sarah Blake (novelist). For other uses, see Sarah Blake (disambiguation).
Sarah Blake
BornNew Jersey, United States
OccupationPoet, novelist
LanguageEnglish
GenresPoetry, fiction
Years active2006-
Notable worksNaamah, Mr. West
Children1
Website
sarahblakeauthor.com

Life

Blake grew up in New Jersey. She attended The College of New Jersey as an undergraduate majoring in math and minoring in creative writing. She later received her MA in creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA in poetry from Pennsylvania State University. She currently lives outside London.

Career

Blake has worked for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Princeton Day School. She also co-created the website Submittrs an online submission tracking tool for writers. In an editorial capacity, Blake was worked with Philadelphia publisher Saturnalia Books and MiPOesias.[1]

The New York Times described Naamah as a "very wild and superbly intelligent reimagining" of the Biblical story and a "21st-century riff on climate disaster."[2]

Honors

Published works

Poetry
  • Mr. West (Wesleyan University Press, 2015) ISBN 978-0-819-57691-0
  • Named After Death (Banango Editions, 2016)
  • Let's Not Live on Earth (Wesleyan University Press, 2017) ISBN 978-0-819-57766-5

Fiction
  • Naamah (Riverhead Books, 2019) ISBN 978-0-525-53633-8
  • Clean Air (Algonquin Books, 2022) ISBN 978-1-64375-106-1[5]

References
  1. Sarah Blake, Poetry Foundation, retrieved 5 December 2019
  2. Silber, Joan (April 21, 2019), "A Modern Riff on an Old Testament Climate Catastrophe", The New York Times Book Review, New York, p. 9
  3. "NEA Literature Fellowships: Sarah Blake", NEA Literature Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts, retrieved December 5, 2019
  4. JBC Staff. "2019 National Jewish Book Award Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. "Clean Air". Publishers Weekly. September 15, 2021.
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