Sarah Freligh

@sfreligh.bsky.social

Writer and swimmer and teacher. Books: OTHER EMERGENCIES; HEREAFTER; A BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY OF WOMEN; DEAR YOU; WE & SAD MATH. Best Microfiction 2018-21, 2025-26; Wigleaf 50; NEA poetry fellow; http://sarahfreligh.com. Mom to Wayne and Oscar.

It was an honor to illustrate this beautiful, heartbreaking story for a wonderful and prolific author! #Illustration #Writing

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "Jumpers" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning." tinyurl.com/yrx38wuy

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...