Sarah Safsten

SARAH SAFSTEN (she/her) {[email protected]} received her BA and MFA from Brigham Young University in English and creative writing. Her essays have recently been published in journals such as Inscape, Exponent II, and Sky Island Journal. She currently serves as a contributing editor for Wayfare magazine and teaches English at Utah Valley University. When she isn’t reading, writing, or teaching, you might find her ballroom dancing or making Korean food with her husband.

Articles

On Feet Keeping

Listen to an interview about this piece here. Last night, I sat on the ballroom’s hardwood floor and laced up my practice shoes. Their black canvas fabric hugged the contours of my feet as I…

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Podcasts

Personal Metaphors: A Conversation with Sarah Safsten and Ryan A. Davis

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, personal voices editor Charlotte Hansen Terry interviews authors Sarah Safsten and Ryan A. Davis about their poignant essays from the Fall 2024 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.… Read more