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Background. Smarsh was born in rural Kansas and grew up on farms and in small towns. Her family moved frequently, and she attended eight schools before she reached ninth grade. [2] . She attended the University of Kansas starting in 1998, and received her MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. [3] [4]
- Writer
- Nonfiction
- 1980 (age 42–43), Kingman, Kansas, U.S.
Sep 6, 2018 · A new school, new place, newly divorced parents with new romantic partners – big challenges for a nine-year-old whose mom and dad were toiling on construction sites and in retail stock rooms, as...
- Sarah Smarsh
I was raised on a farm in Kansas, where I’d slopped the hogs and helped harvest the wheat. What did it mean to be ‘country’? by Sarah Smarsh. Thu 6 Sep 2018 06.00 EDT. What it means to be...
Sep 18, 2018 · Journalist Sarah Smarsh grew up in what she calls a working-poor family in south central Kansas. Her new memoir, Heartland, is out Tuesday. It’s a look at Smarsh’s childhood through the...
Oct 18, 2018 · Smarsh, 38, a self-described fifth generation Kansas farm girl, was the first person from her farmhouse to finish high school. The fact that she graduated college, earned an M.F.A. from Columbia...
Sep 20, 2018 · Journalist Sarah Smarsh grew up in what she calls a working-poor family in south central Kansas. Her new memoir, Heartland, is out Tuesday. It’s a look at Smarsh’s childhood through the...
Sep 16, 2018 · Sarah Smarsh grew up in rural Kansas — the fifth generation to farm the same land, riding tractors where her ancestors rode wagons. There was never enough money and prospects were few. She...
