Sara Johnson Allen

writer-teacher | DOWN HERE WE COME UP by @blacklawrence | @macdowell1907 fellow | Photo by Liz Linder | Rep'd @JenFerrariAdler | she/her

[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

Like most first borns, she took a while. Coming in just under the deadline to say, happy pub day to this book with an extra pretty cover. I know. I’m not supposed to, but I can’t help but judge her by that illustration and cover design. #fiction #pubday #debut

[Arvin Ram @ArvinRam1]

As a bookshop owner in the middle of the country, I have many thoughts about this. I don't disagree, and give praise to the people who work incredibly hard on behalf of writers, but for the future of books and democracy, publishers need to set their sights beyond the northeast.

[Endicott College @EndicottCollege]

At just 22, Jack Smiley ’25 was paralyzed on his right side after collapsing at hockey practice on Feb. 21, 2022. Doctors couldn’t tell him if he would ever walk again.

But with physical therapy and a positive mindset, number 10 has returned to the ice.
https://t.co/gZzxRPQ14I

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Let’s be real. This is an extension of what happened to me at UNC, and it is a glimpse into the future to come. Academic freedom is under attack. Racial justice programs are under attack. Black women will be made to pay. Our so-called allies too often lack any real courage.

[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

For anyone who has a novel manuscript ready to meet the world, consider submitting to Black Lawrence Press. Send your work!! #amwriting #amrevising #Novels #fiction #WritingCommunity

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[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

Unbelievable. Believable. We've done it many times before. Even while we don't have enough housing, food, education, medical care, etc and are teetering on the edge of the end of democracy, going against the rest of the world, the UN. #CeaseFireNow

https://t.co/mCpPgD7fNX

[Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Action @JFREJNYC]

1200 New Yorkers, led by @JewishElders, marched through midtown in silence today to mourn the thousands of Palestinian children killed in Gaza these past months, and to demand a permanent #CeasefireNOW.

[Meagan Lucas @mgnlcs]

I had the pleasure and honor to blurb some wonderful books that came out this year. In no particular order: a thread 1/13
@jadedwriter_

[Meagan Lucas @mgnlcs]

I had the pleasure and honor to blurb some wonderful books that came out this year. In no particular order: a thread 3/13
@SaraAllen

[Gerardo Sámano Córdova @samanito]

So happy 👾🎉

[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

Thanks to @SarahArcherM and @charlottereader for having me on their podcast. Every convo I've listened to on their podcast left me with something real and meaningful to think about.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amrevising #ncreaders

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[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

Flying out of SFO today and headed to an event at @SalemAthenaeum this week, but this is the end of my official debut novel book tour. There are some literary festivals in the spring as I hope there always will be. It's been so awesome to see so many people and share this work.

[Peter Mason @pcmasonpoetry]

So grateful to be a finalist for this! Thanks to the editors for the often thankless work of reading, and excited to be considered with so many other great writers!

[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

This was an awesome event. Thank you to everyone who came to listen and to @CityLightsBooks and @BlackLawrence for organizing it.

[City Lights Books @CityLightsBooks]

STARTING SOON: Join us in celebrating the indelible @BlackLawrence in City Lights's Poetry Room with readings from four authors with recently published work from the press: @lisadordal, Nancy Welch, @JoeAnnH and @saraAllen.

https://t.co/DIeIoaPWe8

[Reckon Review @ReckonReview]

Ohhhhh!!!! ☺️ (We're having a Sally Field at the Oscars moment!!)

[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

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[Ben Ehrenreich @BenEhrenreich]

I was brought up believing that being a Jew meant that you fight genocide, racism, and McCarthyism till your dying breath so I’m feeling a little confused about where some of you are coming from.

[Sara Johnson Allen @SaraAllen]

I was 99% the bottom right caricature was me until I saw this was dated 2022.

[SalemLitFest @SalemLitFest]

This Thursday, @SalemAthenaeum bring back one of our favorite local lit events, WRITERS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, featuring Lit Fest alum @SaraAllen plus Jennifer L. Freed, @AuthorEEHolmes, Ben Mazer, Amjed McDonnell, Carla Panciera, and @ClayVentre.

https://t.co/m13TqjeNPI

[7.13 Books @713Books]

Congrats to Gemini Wahhaj for her debut novel with 7.13, our 29th book, which has received coverage in Publishers Weekly, Electric Lit, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and here in Ms. Magazine...

[Chaya Bhuvaneswar @chayab77]

Impossible to comprehend how, instead of supporting a ceasefire and humanitarian aid, our Congress is on a witch hunt against university presidents for their unwillingness to condemn the very idea of a Palestine.

[Lauren Groff @legroff]

How can one be a citizen of the US—thus complicit in this absolute horror—without losing one’s mind or faith in humanity. I truly don’t know. I’m struggling.