Sara Jaffe

Sara Jaffe is a writer living in Portland, OR. Hurricane Envy, a short story collection, will be out in October 2025 from Rescue Press. Dryland, a novel, was published by Tin House Books and Cipher Press (UK ). Her short fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in publications including Joyland, Fence, BOMB, NOON, and Maggot Brain. She co-edited The Art of Touring (Yeti, 2009), an anthology of writing and visual art by musicians drawing on her experience as guitarist for post-punk band Erase Errata. Sara has received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, RADAR Productions, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council. She is also co-founding editor of New Herring Press, a publisher of prose chapbooks. She has taught creative writing for the last two decades, at institutions including Reed College, University of Oregon, and Rutgers-New Brunswick. She currently teaches as part of the Pacific Northwest College of Art’s Low-Residency Creative Writing MFA.