Sarah (Beth) Southern
@sarahbsouthern.bsky.social
Writer (mostly essays) / Graduate Student + GTA / Sourdough Novice / Nonfiction Editor @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social / She/Her /📍San Diego
Substack: sarahsouthern.substack.com
Substack: sarahsouthern.substack.com
So thrilled to have my CNF essay ‘Rise’ published in Washington Square Review: www.washingtonsquarereview.com/sarah-southern
Sarah Southern — Washington Square Review
Issue 54 Fall 2025
www.washingtonsquarereview.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So thrilled to have my CNF essay ‘Rise’ published in Washington Square Review: www.washingtonsquarereview.com/sarah-southern
So excited that my dear friend Liz will be tomorrow’s @plnuwritingma.bsky.social visiting writer!
Our next guest for our Fall 2025 Visiting Writers series is @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social who will be here tomorrow (10/29), leading an afternoon workshop at 3, and an evening lecture at 7! Purchase your tickets here! plnu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx...
Point Loma Nazarene University | Ticketing - M.A.W. Visiting Writers Series: Liz Charlotte Grant & Book of Genesis
M.A. in Writing Visiting Writers Series: Liz Charlotte Grant & the Book of GenesisSponsored by PLNU's Reuben Welch School of Theology and Christian Ministry7:00 PM - Liz Charlotte Grant & the Book of ...
plnu.universitytickets.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So excited that my dear friend Liz will be tomorrow’s @plnuwritingma.bsky.social visiting writer!
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Join us this afternoon at 3:00 in Latter 101 on PLNU's Campus for a Q&A event with R.F. Kuang! Virtual tickets are also available for $5 for those who can't attend the event in person! plnu.universitytickets.com/w/default.as...
September 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join us this afternoon at 3:00 in Latter 101 on PLNU's Campus for a Q&A event with R.F. Kuang! Virtual tickets are also available for $5 for those who can't attend the event in person! plnu.universitytickets.com/w/default.as...
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Check out graduate student @sarahbsouthern.bsky.social's review of Christina Rivera's 2025 book 'My Oceans' for @terrainorg.bsky.social! www.terrain.org/2025/reviews...
My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women by Christina Rivera - Terrain.org
Sarah Southern reviews Christina Rivera's My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women, finding "ocean isn’t so much the theme of this book as its essence."
www.terrain.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Check out graduate student @sarahbsouthern.bsky.social's review of Christina Rivera's 2025 book 'My Oceans' for @terrainorg.bsky.social! www.terrain.org/2025/reviews...
@byjeffchu.com’s stunning new book ‘Good Soil’ releases today! I had the opportunity to read an ARC and ask Jeff a few questions—check out our conversation here: open.substack.com/pub/sarahsou...
A Conversation With Jeff Chu on the Good News of Good Soil
“To name the soils that you come from is to acknowledge that you were not self-made, because there is no such thing as a self-made human.
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@byjeffchu.com’s stunning new book ‘Good Soil’ releases today! I had the opportunity to read an ARC and ask Jeff a few questions—check out our conversation here: open.substack.com/pub/sarahsou...
Saturday in OB!
Join us tomorrow at OB Beans featuring Ari Honarvar and
@katiemanningpoet.bsky.social, as well as readings from
@itmebugail.bsky.social, @annawangyuan.bsky.social, @sarahbsouthern.bsky.social, @allisinez.bsky.social, and @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social.
@katiemanningpoet.bsky.social, as well as readings from
@itmebugail.bsky.social, @annawangyuan.bsky.social, @sarahbsouthern.bsky.social, @allisinez.bsky.social, and @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social.
February 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Saturday in OB!
It’s wild how a bishop’s *Christian* plea for mercy elicit outrage while an unelected billionaire’s takeover is met with…silence.
February 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s wild how a bishop’s *Christian* plea for mercy elicit outrage while an unelected billionaire’s takeover is met with…silence.
Just got my first rejection slip from a big time lit mag. I’m committing to holding Sylvia Plath’s words close: “rejection reminds me that I tried.”
January 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just got my first rejection slip from a big time lit mag. I’m committing to holding Sylvia Plath’s words close: “rejection reminds me that I tried.”
Blessed are the women who would not be silenced.
January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Blessed are the women who would not be silenced.
This excerpt in @thecut.com from Christina Rivera’s forthcoming ‘My Oceans’ is a stunning reflection on the parallels of the horrors of orca captivity and human subjugation in a world in crisis. Sobering + stunning: www.thecut.com/article/cork...
Screaming for Freedom
Corky the Orca’s cries from captivity have shattered glass. I know the feeling.
www.thecut.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This excerpt in @thecut.com from Christina Rivera’s forthcoming ‘My Oceans’ is a stunning reflection on the parallels of the horrors of orca captivity and human subjugation in a world in crisis. Sobering + stunning: www.thecut.com/article/cork...
Reposted by Sarah (Beth) Southern
Nearing the end of the first 24 hours of the new sub manager, and 11 of the 15 submitted pieces are in Fiction. The rest are poems. So if you're a poet or CNF writer, the odds are generally never better than this to get a quick response/acceptance!
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine Submission Manager
Submit to JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine. Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
duotrope.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nearing the end of the first 24 hours of the new sub manager, and 11 of the 15 submitted pieces are in Fiction. The rest are poems. So if you're a poet or CNF writer, the odds are generally never better than this to get a quick response/acceptance!
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
The best thing I did for my mental health last night was slip my phone onto airplane mode. I spent the entirety of last weekend doomscrolling instead of the legion of actual productive things I needed to accomplish 😭 But I refuse to let my anxiety ruin this semester 💪🏻
January 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The best thing I did for my mental health last night was slip my phone onto airplane mode. I spent the entirety of last weekend doomscrolling instead of the legion of actual productive things I needed to accomplish 😭 But I refuse to let my anxiety ruin this semester 💪🏻
Just deactivated Twitter and I feel so free.
a woman says i 'm so relieved in a sequined top
ALT: a woman says i 'm so relieved in a sequined top
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Just deactivated Twitter and I feel so free.
May we all remember St. Madeleine’s words: “Stay angry, little Meg. You will need all your anger now.”
January 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
May we all remember St. Madeleine’s words: “Stay angry, little Meg. You will need all your anger now.”
Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
Guardian vs. NYT. You know who's going to call things by their true names and who's not even gonna give you syrup with that waffle.
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
January 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
I wanted this space to be my literary refuge where I’d encounter other writers, publications, and books, share my own work, discover abundant craft + beauty. I thought Bluesky could be an oasis against the loudness of every other app, the dreadful, depressive news permeating every digital turn.
January 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I wanted this space to be my literary refuge where I’d encounter other writers, publications, and books, share my own work, discover abundant craft + beauty. I thought Bluesky could be an oasis against the loudness of every other app, the dreadful, depressive news permeating every digital turn.
Same 😭
Thinking about Xanga tonight
January 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Same 😭
I think what makes me saddest about whatever is happening with social media (not just TikTok even) is that I still don’t have consistent IRL community. Social media has helped me survive long swaths of loneliness, months when my husband was deployed and I had no one.
January 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think what makes me saddest about whatever is happening with social media (not just TikTok even) is that I still don’t have consistent IRL community. Social media has helped me survive long swaths of loneliness, months when my husband was deployed and I had no one.
I am genuinely intrigued by the phenomenon of consuming a dozen cookies or the entire Wingstop menu on camera. I think I want to write an essay about this because it’s just wild 🤯
a ground squirrel is holding a piece of food in its mouth and the word mukbang is on the bottom of the picture .
ALT: a ground squirrel is holding a piece of food in its mouth and the word mukbang is on the bottom of the picture .
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I am genuinely intrigued by the phenomenon of consuming a dozen cookies or the entire Wingstop menu on camera. I think I want to write an essay about this because it’s just wild 🤯
Unintentionally triggered some exvangelical folks when I said I wanted to “submit” more this year (to clarify: I want to submit more to lit mags, not to men [not ever])
January 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Unintentionally triggered some exvangelical folks when I said I wanted to “submit” more this year (to clarify: I want to submit more to lit mags, not to men [not ever])
My goals for Christmas break were simple: submit to lit mags and attempt homemade croissants. Only one was successful 🤣🤦🏻♀️
January 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My goals for Christmas break were simple: submit to lit mags and attempt homemade croissants. Only one was successful 🤣🤦🏻♀️
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“When is the world ever not ending? What if it’s always the end of the world?”
Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel
January 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“When is the world ever not ending? What if it’s always the end of the world?”
Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel
Anyone else feel more productive when writing in cozy mountain coffee shops? This spot in Silver Plume, CO, is one of my favorites.
January 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Anyone else feel more productive when writing in cozy mountain coffee shops? This spot in Silver Plume, CO, is one of my favorites.