Sari Fordham

Sari Fordham is a writer, professor, and environmental activist. She's a champion of each person’s story and believes there is power in observing and getting the precise details on the page. She loves working with students and reading their narratives.

Publications

•  “Mending.” The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Climate Change Issue, Web
• “The Revolution Began at Book Club.” Lunch Ticket, Web
• “My Father Thinks Danger is Beautiful.” Baltimore Review, 274-275. Print and web
• “Waiting.” Booth, Issue 15. p. 237-252. Print and web
• “The Mountain Lions of Watamu.” The Chattahoochee Review, 122-131. Print and web
• “Boob.” Green Mountains Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, 47-66. Print and web
• "Shaking Hands with Idi Amin.” Passages North, Web
• “House Arrest in Thirteen Parts.” Isthmus Review, Issue 5. 35-55. Print
• “Latching.” First Class Literary Magazine, Web
• “Secrets.” Pithead Chapel, Web
• “Dividing Up the World Between Us.” Cerise Press: A Journal of Literature, Arts & Culture, Vol. 4, Issue 13. Web
• “Ugandan Psalm.” Cerise Press: A Journal of Literature, Arts & Culture, Web
• “Driver Ants.” Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction. Creative Nonfiction. Spring, Web

Book

Wait for God to Notice, Etruscan Press

Book Chapters

• “Visible Mending: A Recipe for Beautiful and Sustainable Clothing.” Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of Solarpunk Futures, Wagner, Phoebe and Wieland, Brontē (eds), West Virginia University Press
• “When You Care about the Environment But Also Love to Shop.” Kids Ask Hard Questions Vol 2, McClenghan, Bromleigh and Jackson, Karen Ware (eds), Chalice Press, 143-149
• “Arrival.” Flash Nonfiction Food: 91 Very Delicious, Very True, Very Short Stories, Hazuka, Tom and Kathryn Fitzpatrick (eds), Woodhall Press, 124-125
• “Betty Smith.” American Writers Supplement XXIII. Ed. Jay Parini. Charles Scribners & Sons, 257-271

Awards and honors

• Women’s Book Awards: The Sarton (memoir) for Wait for God to Notice, Shortlist
• Southern Indiana Review, Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award, Finalist
• Indiana Review Nonfiction Prize, Finalist

Education

• University of Minnesota, MFA in Literary Nonfiction
• Iowa State University, MA in Creative Writing
• Southern Adventist University, BA in History

Classes taught

• CRW 208 Creative Nonfiction: Introduction
• CRW 206 Fiction Writing: Introduction
• CRW 408 Creative Nonfiction: Advanced