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Sarah Perry

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of English

Email: Sarah.Perry@unt.edu

Education

  • MFA, Columbia University, 2013
    Major: Writing: Non Fiction
  • BA, Davidson College, 2004
    Major: English

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 3160 - Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 4120 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, 3 courses.
  • ENGL 5162 - Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ENGL 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Manhattanville College, ENW 5595 Independent Study, memoir, Fall 2021.
  • Manhattanville College, Summer Writers' Week, Summer 2021.
  • Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y, Memoir workshop, Spring 2021.
  • Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, Nonfiction workshop, Spring 2021.
  • Sackett Street Writers' Workshop, Nonfiction workshop, Spring 2021.
  • Manhattanville College, Thesis Advisor, MFA in creative writing/nonfiction (memoir), Alice Green (graduated May 2021), Spring 2021.
  • Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y, Memoir workshop, Fall 2020.
  • Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, Nonfiction workshop, Fall 2020.
  • Sackett Street Writers' Workshop, Nonfiction workshop, Fall 2020.
  • Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y, Memoir workshop, Spring 2020.
  • Catapult (publisher and writers' center), nonfiction workshop, Spring 2020.
  • Sackett Street Writers' Workshop, nonfiction workshop, Spring 2020.
  • Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y, memoir workshop, Fall 2019.
  • Catapult (publisher and writers' center), Nonfiction workshop, Fall 2019.
  • Sackett Street Writers' Workshop, nonfiction workshop, Fall 2019.
  • Columbia University, Nonfiction workshop, MFA in creative writing, Fall 2019.
  • Davidson College, ENG 201 History of the Essay, Spring 2019.
  • Catapult (publisher and writers' center), Nonfiction workshop, Spring 2019.
  • Davidson College, ENG 308 Time and Space in Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2019.
  • University of Tampa, Low-residency MFA week--guest author and lecturer, Winter 2019.
  • Catapult (publisher and writers' center), Nonfiction workshop, Fall 2018.
  • Columbia University, Introduction to Creative Writing: Super Sad True Stories, Spring 2013.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Title TBD: A Memoir in Essays," English. (October 1, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Untitled Book-Length Bibliomemoir/Essay," English. (April 1, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Have You Ever Had a Broken Heart?," English. (September 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Comprehensive exams," English. (April 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Comprehensive Exams," English. (January 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "STAY FOR THE HERON: ESSAYS," English. (January 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Comprehensive exams," English. (January 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Course: Feminist Issues in True Crime," English. (August 21, 2022 - December 10, 2022).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for Pushcart Prize, The Pushcart Prize.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Perry, S. (2018). After the Eclipse, Mariner paperback. September 4, 2018..

    • Personal Essay

  • Perry, S. (2023). “In Praise of the Gas Station Pie,” Cake Zine: Humble Pie. Spring 2023. Cake Zine: Humble Pie.
  • Perry, S. (2022). "Loving My Partner Through His Girlfriend's Eyes," Huffington Post, October 11, 2022.. New York, NY,
  • Perry, S. (2022). "To the Woman Who Walked Beside Me," in LETTER TO A STRANGER: ESSAYS TO THE ONES WHO HAUNT US. Algonquin Press. Colleen Kinder, ed. March 2022. pp. 165-168..
  • Perry, S. (2021). "Satellite," in A HARP IN THE STARS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF LYRIC ESSAYS. University of Nebraska Press. Randon Billings Noble, ed. October 2021. p. 9.
  • Perry, S. (2021). "On Being Seen," Lesbians Are Miracles magazine. February 11, 2021. pp. 16-17..
  • Perry, S. (2020). "To the Man I Made Into a Stranger," Off Assignment magazine. February 14, 2020..

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Nonfiction - Book. Perry, S., "Excerpt from After the Eclipse (book)", Finding Our Voices Book Club/Author Series, Maine (live over Zoom), United States of America. (October 16, 2023 - October 16, 2023).
  • Nonfiction - Book. Perry, S., "Reading from Sweet Nothings (work in progress/second book under contract)", LittlePuss Press and Instar Publishing, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (March 9, 2023 - March 9, 2023).
  • Nonfiction - Book. Perry, S., "Excerpt from After the Eclipse (memoir)", Charlotte Hobbes Memorial Library Speaker Series, 227 Main Street Lovell, ME (live via Zoom), United States of America. (February 9, 2023 - February 9, 2023).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., ""Pain Legacies"", Presented by Kathryn Savage, Tulsa Artist Fellowship and the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, Tulsa, OK, United States of America. (June 23, 2022).
  • Nonfiction - Book. Perry, S., "Excerpt of After the Eclipse", Sundays in the Studio, Tulsa, OK, United States of America. (May 15, 2022).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., ""To the Woman Who Walked Beside Me," from LETTER TO A STRANGER: ESSAYS TO THE ONES WHO HAUNT US", Greenlight Bookstore, Virtual via Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY, United States of America. (April 11, 2022).
  • Nonfiction - Book. Perry, S., "Excerpt of After the Eclipse", Permian Basin Book Festival, Midland, TX, United States of America. (April 7, 2022 - April 9, 2022).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., "Various essays from SWEET NOTHINGS", Tulsa Glitterary/Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK, United States of America. (March 27, 2022).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., ""Satellite"", Readings on the Pike, Virtual, United States of America. (December 2, 2021).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., ""Pain Legacies"", Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Virtual, United States of America. (July 22, 2021).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., ""To the Woman Who Walked Beside Me"", Seven Minutes in Heaven/Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK, United States of America. (June 29, 2021).
  • Nonfiction - Anthology. Perry, S., ""Pain Legacies"", Davidson College, Davidson, NC (Virtual), United States of America. (March 15, 2021).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Forsyth Harmon," The Rumpus. (March 4, 2021).
  • "No One Is Disposable: Talking with Emma Copley Eisenberg," The Rumpus. (January 13, 2021).

    • Other

  • "Interview on creative process and my book, After the Eclipse," Northwest Review. (October 1, 2021).

    • Radio

  • "“Mother and Daughter: The Story of Crystal Perry.”," Dark Downeast podcast. (September 6, 2021).
  • "LIC Reading Series Podcast: Abeer Hoque, Sarah Perry, and Jason Tougaw," LIC Reading Series. (February 2, 2020).

    • TV

  • ""My True Crime"," The Tamron Hall Show. (October 18, 2022).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Perry, S. (Principal), "Tulsa Artist Fellowship," sponsored by George Kaiser Family Foundation, Private, $44000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Perry, S. (Principal), "Tulsa Artist Fellowship," sponsored by George Kaiser Family Foundation, Private, $44000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, CLASS Acts Creative Arts Speakers Series. (March 1, 2023 - May 15, 2024).

Professional Service

  • Mentor, Periplus Collective. Virtual, Virtual. (January 1, 2023 - Present).
  • Workshop Organizer, Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Tulsa, OK. (April 2, 2022 - April 2, 2022).
  • Other (Contest judge for grant), Maine Arts Council. Portland, ME. (July 1, 2021 - August 31, 2021).
  • Officer, Other Officer (Moderator), Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Tulsa, OK. (May 25, 2021 - May 25, 2021).
  • Mentor, University of Tulsa. Tulsa, OK. (February 17, 2021 - May 15, 2021).
  • Other (Moderator), Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Tulsa, OK. (April 5, 2021 - April 5, 2021).
  • Guest Speaker, Mae Fellowship. Tulsa, OK. (March 16, 2021 - March 16, 2021).