In Episode 58 of Literary Prospects, we talk with author Sara Reish Desmond about her debut collection, What We Might Become.
Sara grew up in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a small community nested among the Appalachian mountains and surrounded by Amish communities. She earned a BA in English from Kenyon College and her MFA in Fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The Kenyon Review and Water~Stone Review, among other publications, and her short stories have been finalists for the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize and The Copper Nickel Award. Her debut story collection, What We Might Become, is out now from Cornerstone Press. Sara teaches and lives just north of Boston with her husband and two daughters.
In this interview, Sara talks about what fascinates her about liminal spaces, why she loves the short form, publishing with a “teaching press,” her best advice for aspiring authors, and much more.