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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So grateful to the wonderful Trish Hopkinson for featuring this piece I wrote with thoughts & tips on book launches as a guest post on her blog. 💖

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What an honor & a privilege to be interviewed by the wonderful Meia Geddes at @poetose.bsky.social ! Her questions were so insightful. Please take a read if you're so inclined! www.poetose.com/pub/creators...

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Creators on Creating Interview with Poet Sarah Carey

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What a blast! I had so much fun last night, talking about Bloodstream & writing with the fabulous Asa Drake at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social ...we had a good crowd & folks were so warm & engaged. Grateful to all who came out & were a part of this special evening, and to the Lynx team for their support ✨

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sarah Anderson is unable to participate in next week's event at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social with me. Thankfully, "the show will go on," as wonderful Ocala-based poet @asaldrake has stepped in to save the day! It's Monday, 8/24 from 6-7 p.m. Please join us if you can!

A poster showing the date of August 24, 6-7 p.m. and a photo of Sarah Carey, author of Bloodstream, and Asa Drake, who will be joining her for a discussion at The Lynx Books in Gainesville, Florida.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Last minute get-togethers are the best! When the wonderful Asa Drake messaged me yesterday that she was in town and asked if I was available to visit, I was & I jumped at the chance. Asa is such a great person & such a wonderful poet! A terrific literary citizen as well💖

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

An special acceptance this week✨ Grateful to David Wanczyk & the New Ohio Review team for believing in this poem, "On Nov. 26, 1942, My Mother Smiled at the Camera With Her Dog," which will go live in December. This was my 18th submission, over nine -- NINE -- years ‼️So, yeah, I'm a lil stoked.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Super excited to be returning to @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Aug. 24 from 6-7 p.m.! I'll be chatting about my new poetry collection, Bloodstream, with the wonderful fiction writer Sarah Anderson. It's going to be so fun! Gainesville peeps, please mark your calendars; we'd love to have you join us!

A calendar of events for August from The Lynx bookstore in Gainesville, Florida, featuring meetings of various book clubs, readers, fundraisers & more.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

@colsonwhitehead.com sponsored by @thelynxbooks.bsky.social at UF's Phillips Center tonight! I've only read Underground Railroad & Nickel Boys & expected his talk to be serious & heavy, but he brilliantly flipped the script. I laughed so hard my mascara ran. In awe. #coolmachine 🔥🔥

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Always grateful when any lit mag publishes me, but it's a special thrill to break into a new one. Grateful to the editors at Cleaver Magazine for publishing this poem of mine in their latest issue, #54, live today. ✨

An image that depicts three framed, imageless rectangles,the back two larger than the most vivid in front, all of which could be mirrors or blank photographs. They all are angled facing forward, sitting atop a mantle. The headline (title of the poem the image links to) says "An Orphan Absorbing Her Late Mother's Gaze"

A poem by Sarah Carey that appears in Issue #54 of Cleaver Magazine and titled "An Orphan Absorbing Her Late Mother's Gaze Wonders If Any Vision Is Eternal"

The number 54 is shown in black with a fire-flame image in front of it. The graphic is for Issue #54 of Cleaver Magazine and states, "Issue 54 is hot off the press!"

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

So excited! If you're in Gainesville or nearby, please come see me on Aug. 24, 6-7 p.m. at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social ! I'll be talking about Bloodstream & reading in conversation with my friend, the amazing fiction writer, Sarah Anderson. Can't wait! thelynxbooks.com/events/58432...

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SARAH CAREY WITH BLOODSTREAM | The Lynx Books

Gainesville's local independent bookstore

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And anyway, winning the Sweet Lit Poetry Contest was 'sweet' for many reasons, including how learning to play with the duplex form taught me that, pardon the cliche, it's still possible to teach an old dog new tricks. (my actual old dog has recovered well from the neuritis that prompted it!)

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thrilled to share that a duplex I wrote inspired by my dog's bout with neuritis last fall won 1st place in the Sweet Lit Poetry Contest! I'm beyond grateful to judge Meghan Sterling & the Sweet editors (including @katierpoet.bsky.social !) Good news always feels so fleeting, but I'm savoring this.

A graphic with black text reading "2026 Winners Poetry Contest" with the results of the Sweet Lit Poetry Contest. It lists Sarah Carey as the 1st place winner for her poem, "A Duplex for Nerve Root Signature," and includes a comment from the judge, poet Meghan Sterling.

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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 14/05/2026

"Today’s poem examines the many possibilities of giving love in a temporary world," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1515. Read “True Story” by Camille T. Dungy — from AMERICA, A LOVE STORY (@weslpress.bsky.social) — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4wrFQSS

graphic featuring a portion of Camille T. Dungy's poem, which can be found in full at the link in the post

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Such a generous endorsement of Bloodstream from the wonderful poet, Tina Schumann. What a gift to be read so closely. What stuck with Tina were my poems about revisitations...of people, places & subjects I'm not done talking about & continually think of new framings for. Grateful for her words...

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Book promotion is exhausting. I've had to get realistic about what works for me & what's manageable. So far, Bloodstream and I are keeping things manageable, & having fun. I share some thoughts.

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Yes, I'm on a Book Tour

It just doesn't look like I thought it would.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Grateful to S. Salazar for the opportunity to share some thoughts about my writing process & intention for Bloodstream. Such a pleasure to spend time with someone so attentive & passionate about poetry!

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Afterwords: Sarah Carey, author of Bloodstream

An author interview series diving into grief and healing as they wrote their books and were transformed by them. This week, dive in with Sarah Carey, author of Bloodstream.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Heading up to Asheville next weekend to read at @malaprops.bsky.social with such an incredible line-up of poets! Hoo boy, that's some company there. Western North Carolina is dear to my heart, and as a native of the state, I go back as often as I can. Never before for a reading, though. So excited!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thrilled about two upcoming events to promote Bloodstream! I'll be at @malaprops.bsky.social in Asheville on May 3 from 4:30-5:30 p.m., and back in my hometown of Tallahassee on June 13 at @midtownreader.bsky.social from 3-5 p.m for a Saturday Signing. If you're close, please stop by to say hi!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Always grateful to be listed on anyone’s TBR list, and especially grateful to S. Salazar for putting Bloodstream in such good company! Love seeing my friends Dorinda Wegener & Cynthia Cheung’s outstanding books, Four Fields & Common Disasters, listed here as well, among other new-to-me writers.

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Grief Books I'm Carrying into Spring

A reading list for grief and healing topics as we "spring forward."

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I am so honored to be a part of this reading on Wednesday, 4/15, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, organized by the wonderful @rich-jordan.bsky.social , such a talented & generous poet! My co-readers rock, & I'm thrilled to be in their company. Won't you please join us? It's free but registration is required!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Awesome news! Hope some of you who missed it will take a listen. It was a treat to hear & virtually get to know @clairemtaylor.com & @maudlavin.bsky.social through their work, thanks to NAWP poobahs @mitchnobis.bsky.social & @readinstead.bsky.social Seriously guys, thanks so much for inviting me!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Immersing myself in the #bookshelf: A classic from Adrienne Rich & a more recent & timely gem from Luke Hankins.

An excerpt from Luke Hankins' poem, "Category Error" states, "Imagine a world in which each/beautiful creature could be trusted—" from his book, Testament. The whole poem appears alongside the excerpt along with the book cover, a pen and ink drawing of a figure embracing another figure, which is The Prodigal Son by Honore Daumier, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

An excerpt of Adrienne Rich's poem, "Song," from her book Diving into the Wreck", reads, "You want to ask, am I lonely?" The whole poem appears alongside, and next to the poem, a photo of the book cover, showing tempestuous, churning waves.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

My book launch for Bloodstream was a joy! Grateful to every friend who came out to the Matheson Museum last Saturday to help me welcome it into the world. I'm blessed beyond measure.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Who knew there was a Ya-Ya sisterhood group here in GNV? A friend in my book club belongs & told them about me & Bloodstream after attending my launch event last weekend. They've invited me to speak & read poems this summer! Guess I have to re-watch that movie now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qq_...

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Such well-deserved recognition for all of these journals!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My book launch for Bloodstream is tomorrow. I know not everyone's comfortable w/an in-person launch, but I'm doing it bc l) I feel like this book has its own unique story & I want to tell it 2) I love sharing my work 3) I'm privileged to be able to do it. If no one comes, I'll still celebrate. 📚✨

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Grateful to Tiffany Troy, Maya Klinenberg & the Los Angeles Review team for their support & for publishing my review of Tina Schumann's Boneyard Heresies, winner of the Moon City Press Poetry Award and released last year.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New poem in this week's issue of @christiancentury.bsky.social . Grateful to editor Jill Pelaez Baumgartner for her consistent care & always warm reception to my work. And to the journal, for all it continues to be -- a light in dark times for people of faith.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Still thinking about Friday! Camille Dungy made a wonderful appearance at The Lynx in Gainesville & read from her new book, America, A Love Story. (Finn was intrigued as well...)

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I confess this the first piece I have read by Denis Johnson and it blew my socks off. What a soaring piece of writing.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Calling all poets! Can you poet & writer folks, including journals & editors, please chime in with a quick hi so I can show folks sad about the fragmenting of our online community post-blue bird app's deterioration that some of us are here & actually talking? Poets, where you at?

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Couple of years ago, tired of schlepping a big purse & a backpack around AWP, I picked up a little lightweight spinner I can wheel books & more to & from any venue & it's changed my life! Oh, & I'll have books & lots more, coming & going. Looking forward to meeting you, Baltimore!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Woke to find my dark little poem featured as @christiancentury.bsky.social 's Poem of the Week. Feels like an appropriate day for it. 🙏 to CC & poetry editor, Jill Baumgaertner, to @kavetchnik.bsky.social for opening my eyes to the sonnenizio, & to @kimaddonizio.bsky.social who created the form.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Grateful to the team at Mercer University Press for featuring this interview with me on their Writing Matters blog! It was fun to consider their questions & reflect on not just the poems in Bloodstream, but my writing process, why poetry matters & how I've learned to talk about it.

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WRITING MATTERS: An Interview with Sarah Carey, author of BLOODSTREAM

Photo credit: Adrienne Fletcher I try to cultivate the art of paying attention—to my own emotions and feelings but also to what I see and sense in the world around me. In today’s WRITING MATTERS po…

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Can't believe AWP is less than 2 weeks away! Here's where you can find me & my books. Grateful to Bear Review, Sugar House Review & Kestrel for hosting me for book signings. Stop by to say hi!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

How can it be over?! My poetry workshop, and Sarah Anderson's fiction workshop, culminated officially on Thursday evening with a student showcase reading at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Thursday evening. It was powerful, it was magical, & the students all outdid themselves!

A group of students, men and women, are standing and kneeling in front of the Lynx bookstore sign for a photo that was taken inside of the store at the end of a student showcase reading on Feb. 19. Students from the two workshops, which were offered by the store in the previous six weeks, studied poetry and fiction with instructors Sarah Carey and Sarah Anderson.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Sometimes you've just gotta make the ask. We got lucky!The theme of my poetry workshop, which concludes tom. eve with a reading at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social, was writing joy & gratitude in poetry. The great Ada Limon had these words for my students. I hope they hold them as closely as I will.

A quote from Ada Limon to Sarah Carey's poetry students from her workshop at The Lynx Books states "Keep writing and fostering joy. Joy is how we find courage to meet the moment with action. It's not just about making a poem, it's about making a life we can live in without fear."

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Such a great read, & much food for thought here...

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The students in my poetry workshop at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social practiced reading their work aloud yesterday in our final class. They took this task seriously & stayed to the end, despite nasty weather! Our Student Showcase is Thursday, 2/19, 6-8 p.m. at The Lynx. 👏👏👏 #inallkindsofweather

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