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Sarah Stern

Current City, State, Country

New York, New York, USA

Birth City, State, Country

New York, New York, USA

Biography

Sarah Stern is the author of four poetry books: Dear Letters In The Red Box (Kelsay Books, 2026), We Have Been Lucky in the Midst of Misfortune (Kelsay Books 2018), But Today Is Different (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2014), and Another Word For Love (Finishing Line Press, 2011). She is a six-time winner of the Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Poetry Award, a recipient of two Pushcart Prize nominations, and several Poets & Writers Readings & Workshops Grants.

Stern is an educator at Poets House. She has taught poetry workshops at Poets House, WritingWorkshops.com, Off Campus Writers’ Workshop (OCWW), the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, the New York Public Library, CSAIR Adult Learning Institute, Hostos Community College, the Bronx Zoo, Edgar Allan Poe Visitor Center, and privately. Stern is the founder of SDGS Solutions, a communications and marketing consultancy. She has worked at universities, cultural centers, and think tanks. She graduated from Barnard College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Published Works

Dear Letters In The Red Box (Kelsay Books, 2026)

We Have Been Lucky in the Midst of Misfortune (Kelsay Books, 2018)

But Today Is Different (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2014)

Another Word for Love (Finishing Line Press, 2011)

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Current Title

Educator/Poets House; Instructor/WritingWorkshops.com; Founder/ SDGS Solutions

Education

Barnard College, BA
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, MS

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