Author: Sarah Marty-Schlipf

Sarah Marty-Schlipf’s essays have appeared inBellingham Review, BLEED, and The Rumpus. She lives in rural central Illinois, where she writes, teaches, makes art, and makes mischief with her husband and two ornery dogs.

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Both surprising and inevitable

Brett Sigurdson interviews
Sarah Marty-Schlipf
 

Our nonfiction editor, Brett Sigurdson, recently spoke with Sarah Marty-Schlipf, author of Issue #6’s “Shelter”. Here’s what she had to say about the ending to her essay, her writing process, and her teaching and workshop experiences….Read more

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Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction Issue #6

Shelter

by Sarah Marty-Schlipf
 

On that warm June afternoon when I first laid eyes on Bently, I’d been on my way to teach a writing class at the county jail. I knew our local no-kill shelter taught inmates at the nearby federal prison to train dogs. Because I was early for work, I stopped in to see the place I’d heard so much about…Read more