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TELL IT RIGHT: A Family Pardon
A nonfiction work-in-progress by Sarah Layden In 1874, an altercation in a wheat field near Independence, Indiana led to one man’s death and another man’s trial and conviction, imprisonment, and eventual pardon by the governor. Our family thought we knew the story of my great-great-grandfather’s crime. But research and archival documents have given us a shockingly clearer picture, along with new questions about family lore. 
Research document produced thanks to a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission Individual Advancement Program
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The Story I Tell Myself About Myself
Winner of the 2017 Sonder Press Chapbook competition
Now available from Sonder Press
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"The Story I Tell Myself about Myself by Sarah Layden is a wonderful assemblage of pure storytelling genius. These fifteen stories are by turns heart-wrenching, funny, and deliciously surprising. Layden is a deft, intelligent writer at the height of her powers. Read this book, then seek out everything else she has written."
-Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life
"The fifteen stories in Layden’s new collection—a follow-up to her powerhouse debut novel, Trip Through Your Wires—explore loss, loneliness, and life. The stories run the gamut from magical realism to realism that’s magical, each with Layden’s sharp wit, insightfully drawn characters, and unflinching prose."
- James Figy for Split Lip Magazine
Trip Through Your Wires
A novel available from Engine Books, Powell's, Indie Bound, and more. Find it on Goodreads and Amazon.
The Chicago Tribune recommends Trip Through Your Wires.
"In this haunting first novel, Sarah Layden constructs a machine of longing, capturing the minute maze of memory. Trip Through Your Wires is a patient, powerful, and profound emotional unraveling."
-Michael Martone, author of Four for a Quarter
"Sarah Layden's debut novel Trip Through Your Wires is a powerful and haunting examination of memory and loss."
-David Gutowski, Largehearted Boy
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