Bio

Sarah Carson's poetry and other writing have appeared in The Rumpus, The Slowdown, Guernica, The Missouri Review, and The Christian Century, among others. She is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, including How to Baptize a Child in Flint, Michigan (Persea Books, 2022). She has been a recipient of and finalist for grants and fellowships from Tin House, the Poetry Foundation, the Martha's Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing, and the Michigan and Illinois Arts Councils. Born in Flint, Michigan, she now lives in East Lansing, where she is at work on a memoir about single motherhood, work, and the rules that govern the universe.

You Don’t Have to Be Good

You Don’t Have to Be Good is a growing Substack community that features a poetry prompt every Monday. Free subscribers get access to one prompt a month plus other resources from workshops I’m teaching. Premium subscribers get access to a community of classmates and a place to post each week’s poem.