Must.Love.Self Podcast: Two Kinds of Business- Sarah Marcus-Donnelly Sarah talks about value, worth, and self-esteem. CW: Rape, Suicide, Disordered Eating
Northstar Big Book Podcast: Sex Inventory & Ideal with Sarah Marcus-Donnelly “Sarah is one of my all time favorite humans. She is my sponsor and my soul sister. No one breaks down the sex ideal like she does.” -Carly Israel
An Interview with Sarah Marcus-Donnelly, Author of They Were Bears Marcus-Donnelly talked with Sundress editorial intern Cheyenne L. Black about this book, bears, the connections of wildness and women, the necessary work women still face in defying boundaries, the illusion of safety, and so much more.
Episode 70 of SAFTAcast is here! Sarah Marcus-Donnelly joins us to explore the roots of her obsession with bears and horses, and tells us what all her tattoos mean!
SARAH MARCUS IN CONVERSATION WITH MELISSA STUDDARD: American Microreviews & Interviews In the following interview, we talk about finding the courage to speak your truth, how to be a good literary citizen, the transformative power of poetry, inclusivity, and more.
Prosody: Pittsburgh Radio for Contemporary Literature
Prosody, which airs every Saturday morning on listener-supported WESA 90.5 FM, is Western Pennsylvania’s only regularly scheduled radio program featuring contemporary poets and writers. WESA is an NPR affiliate, with transmission reaching into Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
VoiceAmerica Between the Synapse Radio
November 06, 2014: Rape Culture in America
“‘Rape culture’ is a culture in which sexual violence is considered the norm — in which people aren’t taught not to rape, but are taught not to be raped. Joining Between the Synapse to discuss this issue will be poet and writer Sarah Marcus, who’s recent essay, ‘The Night Facebook Suggested I ‘Might Know’ My Rapist,’ has appeared on numerous sites and garnered significant attention. This is a don’t miss episode.”
“The City and the Writer: In Cleveland with Sarah Marcus” interviewed by Nathalie Handal for Words Without Borders (March 2014)
“Alums Alyse Knorr and Sarah Marcus Publish Two New Books of Poetry” interviewed by Erica Dolson for George Mason University (August 2013)
“Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Marcus ‘07” interviewed by the Honors Program for Miami University (August 2013)
“Sarah Marcus on Feminism, Publishing, and Teaching Activism” interviewed by Sheila McMullin in So to Speak (February 2013)
“The Next Big Thing: Literary Chain Letter” (February 2013)
My Work Reviewed
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens: Where Everything is Waiting* A Review of They Were Bears by Sarah Marcus for The Sock Drawer
Sivan Butler-Rotholz, editor: Saturday Poetry Series Presents: They Were Bears
Paul David Adkins: A Modern Retelling of the Trauma and Therianthropy of Cornix: Sarah Marcus and Nothing Good Ever Happens After Midnight for Yellow Chair Review
Karen Skolfield: A Review of Sarah Marcus’s Backcountry for As It Ought To Be
Alyse Bensel reviews Backcountry for The Los Angeles Review
Paul David Adkins reviews Backcountry for Red Paint Hill Publishing: Plodding a Wilderness of Addiction and Abuse: Sarah Marcus’ Backcountry and the Specter of Joan Larkin’s A Long Sound
Christina Veladota reviews Backcountry in maybesopoetry
Indu Ohri reviews Every Bird, To You in Meridian
Barton Smock‘s review on Goodreads: Backcountry & Every Bird, To You
Other Mentions & Musings & Shout-outs
“33 Life-Changing Books in Honor of International Women’s Day: A Reading List from the Staff at VIDA” Literary Hub (March 2016)
“We Can’t Breathe” for As It Ought to Be (December 2014)
“The Chapbook Interview: Alyse Knorr on Research, Teaching, and Inspiration” for Laura Madeline Wiseman
“Nicole Tong Interviews Essayist and Short Story Writer Kirsten Clodfelter” for Les Femmes Folles: Women in Art
The Wardrobe: March/April 2014 Round-up
Adrienne Celt’s Love Among the Lampreys:
“Travel Notes From a Southern Poetry Tour” Leah Umansky for Luna Luna Magazine (July 2014)
“How We Can Number Up: Sheila McMullin Continues Her Discussion on VIDA Count 2013” (April 2014)
q & a: ra washington, culture worker (January 2014)
First Editions: Miamians in Print (Winter 2013)
Feminists I’ve interviewed for Gazing Grain Press
- Jennifer Fitzgerald
- Kirsten Clodfelter
- Adrienne Celt
- Lisa Marie Basile (reprinted by As It Ought To Be)
- Leah Umansky
- Shanna Compton
- Anne Lesley Selcer
- Sivan Butler-Rotholz
- Melissa Studdard
- Cynthia Marie Hoffman
- Barton Smock
- Lynn Melnick
- Arisa White
- Metta Sáma
- Daniel Evans Pritchard
- Amy King
- Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Sandra Beasley
- Morgan Parker
- Brianna Low
- Stacy Nigliazzo
- Nicole Tong
- Sarah Fawn Montgomery
- Hannah Bonner
- Fox Frazier-Foley
- Hannah Leffingwell
- Stephanie Cawley
- Tim Jones-Yelvington
Series editor, High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race
As It Ought To Be: Spring 2018
As It Ought To Be: Fall 2017
As It Ought To Be: Spring 2016
As It Ought To Be: Spring 2015
**This series was reprinted by The Good Men Project (July 2015)
Johnny Ward, Dion Pride, Jazmyn Alexander, & A’bria Robinson
