Sarah Smarsh

Sarah Smarsh is the author of the forthcoming book Heartland: A Daughter of the Working Class Reconciles an American Divide (Scribner, September 2018). A freelance journalist and former professor of nonfiction writing, Smarsh covers politics and economic inequality for The Guardian, the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and others from her home state of Kansas. She contributed to the 2017 book Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation and is a frequent speaker on socioeconomic class and related media narratives. While at the Shorenstein Center, Smarsh began working on a podcast exploring the intersection of health and poverty, with a focus on rural experiences.