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Sarah layden is author of the novel trip through your wires. A graduate of purdue universitys mfa program, her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in stone canoe, blackbird, artful dodge, reed magazine, pank, ladies home journal, the humanist, and elsewhere. Sarah laydens given us a true gift in trip through your wires a debut novel with all the mastery and compassion of a seasoned novelist. Sarah layden, iupui english department, 425 university boulevard, indianapolis, in 46202, 3172740089. Sarah layden is the author of the flash fiction chapbook the story i tell myself about myself, winner of the 2017 sonder press chapbook competition, and the.
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