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Sarah A. Chavez

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in Fresno, CA, The United States

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http://www.sarahachavez.com

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Genre

Poetry, Memoir

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Adrienne Rich, Cherrie Moraga, Aurdre Lorde, Philip Levine, Mark Stran ...more

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Sarah A. Chavez, a mestiza born and raised in the California Central Valley, is the author of the chapbook, All Day, Talking published by Dancing Girl Press (Dancing Girl Press, 2014) and Hands That Break & Scar (forthcoming, Sundress Publications, 2017). She holds a PhD in English with a focus in poetry and Ethnic Studies from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in Whitestag Press, Connotation Press, The Pittsburgh Poetry Review, The Boiler Journal, So to Speak: Feminist Journal of Language and Art, among others. Her manuscript, This, Like So Much, was an Honorable Mention for the 2013 Quercus Review Press Poetry Book Contest. A selection from her chapbook manuscript All Day, Talking won the Susan ...more

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Small Press Fest, Live Music, & A Little Heart Opening

This weekend I went to this awesome new literary festival called Small Prestivus, books for the rest of us, a celebration of small presses. I had a BLAST! Fa-mazing writers, local food vendors, craft beers, and local music. The first day, all afternoon there were short readings on a stage ringed by the food vendors and author and press tables, then in the evening there was a featured reading with Read more of this blog post »

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	All Day, Talking 4.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hands that Break and Scar 4.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence by Laura Madeline Wiseman (Goodreads Author) (editor), Sarah A. Chavez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Perrine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands by Ire'ne Lara Silva (Author, Editor), Dan Vera (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Juan Felipe Herrera (Introduction) 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Community Boundaries and Border Crossings: Critical Essays on Ethnic Women Writers by Kristen Lillvis (Editor), Leila Aouadi (Contributor), Sarah A. Chavez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Slice by Nate Logan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Berkowitz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Zoe Tuck (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Gilded Frame by A.J. Huffman, Kari Castor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Madeline McEwen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Triple No. 21 by Sarah A. Chavez (Goodreads Author), Tobey Hiller, Henry Christopher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home.”
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