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Sarah Carey

@saycarey1.bsky.social

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Comms director emerita, UF College of Veterinary Medicine. Poet. NC born, Florida grown. Debut full-length: The Grief Committee Minutes, Hoffer Award finalist (Saint Julian Press, 2024.) Next: Bloodstream, Mercer University Press (2026). SarahKCarey.com

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Dec 20

A contract for Christmas! Thrilled to share that my second full-length collection of poems, Bloodstream, has been accepted for publication by Mercer University Press! Target release date is Spring/Summer 2026. More to come in the months ahead!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 4d

Be gentle with yourself!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 4d

Wow, that's ambitious! Good for you. Gorgeous scenery!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 24d

Tonight! One hour! I am SO excited about this...

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 25d

this is sickening

Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 25d

Staff at 3 Alaska newspapers quit after owners give in to pressure from Republican lawmaker

Much of the staff behind the Kenai Peninsula Clarion, the Homer News and the Juneau Empire resigned Monday, citing owner Carpenter Media's decision to edit a story without consulting them.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 25d

Appalling and chilling.

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · 28d

this is hilarious😂

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Sep 25

oooh following, I just wrote a sonnenizio with the word proprioception in it & basically the concept is loss of moorings so interested in the responses you get here.

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Sep 22

Crazy about her work & new book. Thank you for sharing, will try to make it!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Sep 15

This is such a good book!!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Sep 9

I won't lie. Prepping a book for publication is stressful! But it's happening, y'all. Bloodstream, my second full-length collection of poems, is in the final stages of proofing. I am so excited! More info about publication ETA & a planned book launch when I'm able to share!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thrilled to share that I'll be reading from my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 2 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with Eric Doise, who'll read from his late wife, Saara Raappana's book, Chamber After Chamber. From Gainesville or nearby? Hope you can make it!

Description of a reading scheduled for Oct. 2 at The Lynx bookstore in Gainesville and featuring poet Sarah Carey, who will read from her book, The Grief Committee Minutes, and Eric Doise, who will read from his late wife, Saara Raappana's book, Chamber After Chamber.

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's been a minute since I updated my blog. New post up! I hope you enjoy! sarahkcarey.com/write-it-dow...

"Write it down": My notebook discovery - Sarah K Carey

I never thought I'd say it. A notebook can be a writer's best friend. They can be beautiful, and — had you asked me just over a month ago — I would have said, also completely useless. I was wrong.

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 30

I agree with this, and have often found poems generated when I'm feeling fuller in my life are better because of it

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 30

I so identify with this.

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 12

Working with a copyeditor on the 1st pages of Bloodstream, my new poetry collection, forthcoming from Mercer U Press in spring-summer 2026! Exciting but stressful, too, coming so close on the heels of my 1st book. If anyone is interested in doing a review, let me know! 🙏🙏

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 12

👏👏👏a big deal.

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 7

Yesterday, an editor I've worked with in the past, tho not for years, accepted every poem I sent her, including one from my new book, Bloodstream (forthcoming from Mercer U Press in 2026) which I was thrilled to place. It was so validating. Words to savor during the down times.

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 7

I remember your saying something about this at AWP. Such an awesome commitment & project!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Aug 6

Chelsea, you are always so generous about sharing the work of others. I would love to see a new Chelsea poem sometime soon! xoxo

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Jul 24

I first crossed paths with former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne about 5 years ago, when @alinaetc.bsky.social did a joint review of two of our books for the sadly now-defunct New Southern Fugitives journal. We reconnected recently & traded books. Excited for this beauty!

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Jul 24

@mitchnobis.bsky.social 's recent post inspires me to share this poem from his debut collection, The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees. So much heart here, & I'm just getting started...

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Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Jul 24

✨I'm so glad you liked TGCM, Mitch! That means the world!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Jul 19

Tom, thank YOU so much for chiming in with this comment, which served to remind me of her work & now means I need to go find more of it. Great recs. I'm on it!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Jul 18

ha, good one!

Sarah Carey @saycarey1.bsky.social · Jul 18

Obsessed

wildagrace.bsky.social @wildagrace.bsky.social · Jul 18

I Louvre Art Memes (Coldplay concert)