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Sarah Warburton

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Sarah Warburton is the oldest of four sisters, raised in Virginia, and an avid reader and knitter. After earning a B. A. in Latin from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in Classics from the University of Georgia and another from Brown University, she studied at the University of New Mexico with Sharon Oard Warner and Julie Shigekuni, at the Taos Writer’s Workshop with Pam Houston, and in Houston with Justin Cronin. She spent ten years as a writer (and eventually lead editor) for UpClose Magazine. Her short story, “Margaret’s Magnolia,” appeared in the Southern Arts Journal; she won first place in a WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest; and her Pushcart prize nominated story “Survival English” appeared in Oyster River Page. Now ...more

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Stay Alive & Stay Sane

Whether you worked from home before this or not, whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert, whether you’re living with a dozen people or alone, nobody wants this, nobody is emotionally prepared for it, and there’s no magic trick to make this situation completely okay.

That said, I have two rules: a) stay alive and b) stay sane. When I was in graduate school, I spent hours reading and studying. I Read more of this blog post »

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Illusion of Truth (A Detective Emily Hunter Mystery, #3)

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Sarah’s Quotes

“Destroying a culture’s books is sentencing it to something worse than death: It is sentencing it to seem as if it never lived.”
― Susan Orlean, The Library Book

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“All the things that are wrong in the world seem conquered by a library’s simple unspoken promise: Here I am, please tell me your story; here is my story, please listen.”
― Susan Orlean, The Library Book

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