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Sarah Ahrens (she/her)

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Writing Program, Harvard Division of Continuing Education | Poetry: Mother Minotaur (Finishing Line Press, 2026) | Essays: Longridge Review, Modern Loss, Avidly, Washington Post, Romantic Circles | Corgi Mom | www.sarahahrens.com

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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Very upsetting news: www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... @janerosenzweig.bsky.social
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Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and...
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🙏Thank you @pulp.aadl.org! Check out my interview and read the title poem from Mother Minotaur: pulp.aadl.org/node/669357
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Pulp | Arts Around Ann Arbor
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Thank you @merliterary.bsky.social for featuring Mother Minotaur (@finishinglinepress.bsky.social) on the April 2026 Bookshelf! merliterary.com/2026/04/15/m...
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MER Bookshelf - April 2026 - MER - Mom Egg Review
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley   Deborah Leipziger, Tell Me, Lily Poetry Review Books, February 2026, poetry Tell Me is a love letter to nature and to daughters, to the Beloved and to our future anc...
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Poets & Writers Magazine New Titles! @pw.org @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
She’s here! a.co/d/0eOeNfqi
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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Check out the Finishing Line Press books featured this month on the CLMP website at www.clmp.org/news/books-l... #poetry #books #FLP #recommendedreading #booktok
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Galleys! @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Here's "Labyrinthos," a poem from my forthcoming book, Mother Minotaur. Thanks to The Paddock Review & @finishinglinepress.bsky.social! Presales end Dec 26.https://shorturl.at/FRiSV
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A Poem by Sarah Ahrens
Labyrinthos     What’s the difference  between a maze and a labyrinth?    I can’t remember,  so I keep looking it up.    A maze has many possible paths,&nbsp…
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there. Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thank you @poetose.bsky.social for nominating my poem, “The Red Thread,” for a Pushcart Prize. It is part of my poetic memoir, Mother Minotaur, out in February 2026 from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social: www.instagram.com/p/DRTIQG-DDV...
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Poetose on Instagram: "We are pleased to nominate these poems for the Pushcart Prize (in no particular order): "Dawn" by Louise Worthington "Drizzly Winter Scene" by Elly Shively "The Last Summer" by ...
The Pushcart Prize is a highly acclaimed literary award that recognizes exceptional poetry. We're excited to share the 2025 nominations, featuring emerging poets and their powerful works. From 'Dawn' ...
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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: Mother Minotaur by Sarah Ahrens On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/moth... Mother Minotaur explores #disability and #motherhood through the lens of the #Minotaur myth. #memoir #myth #labyrinth #motherhood #neurodivergence #hearingloss
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Check out the PLAYLIST for my forthcoming book. It's a musical mirror of the protagonist's journey. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis... You can order the book at a discount from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/moth...
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Mother Minotaur
Listen to Mother Minotaur on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My poetic memoir, Mother Minotaur, is now available for presale: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/moth... More info at www.sarahahrens.com @finishinglinepress.bsky.social is a BIPOC + women-owned and operated small press publisher.
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Sarah Mesle’s gorgeous Reasons & Feelings is out! I’m so excited for her and all of you who might read this book, which is “for deep-feeling nerds who want readers to respond in a deep-feeling way to their written manifestations of nerdery” (ix).
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Does anyone else feel compelled to do some early spring cleaning before the #newmoon tomorrow? Or just my #Virgorising crew?
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/02/2025
Works as advertised
“Gulf of Weasel-dicked Fascist Chuds”
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 29/01/2025
Nancy Reddy conducts an autopsy on shoddy mid-century parenting research and the social and cultural climate in which it was conducted.
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What a Bunch of Monkeys Taught Us About Motherhood—and Why It’s All Wrong - Electric Literature
From lab experiments to cultural gospel, Nancy Reddy explores the dubious origins of parenting advice in "The Good Mother Myth"
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thanks to Poetose for publishing a handwritten version of my poem, "The Red Thread." 🙏https://www.poetose.com/pub/the-red-thread-sarah-ahrens#/
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I’m the daughter of a fighter pilot and even I’m in awe of these pilots because JAYSUS
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 13/12/2024
If Sylvia Plath rewrote Mary Oliver and T.S. Eliot rewrote Emily Dickinson.
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If Sylvia Plath Wrote "Wild Geese" - Electric Literature
Two poems by Erin Lyndal Martin
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Sarah Ahrens (she/her) @sfwahrens.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
When we all had answering machines, my message would be a quote from a different poem every week. Here's one for you.
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