Sara Batkie

Sara Batkie is the author of the story collection Better Times, which won the 2017 Prairie Schooner Prize and is now available from University of Nebraska Press. Her stories have been published in various journals, honored with a 2017 Pushcart Prize, and twice received Notable Story citations in the Best American Short Stories anthology series. Born in Bellevue, Washington and raised mostly in Iowa, Sara currently lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin.

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The Gift of the Gab in “Big Swiss”
Quarantining the Past in Katherine Dunn’s “Toad”
Revisiting “The Witches of Eastwick” 330 Years After Salem
The Eternal Return of Conflict in “Before the Rain”
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Unleashing Inner Monsters in “Nightbitch” and “A Touch of Jen”
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Arson, Old Age, and Life’s Unsolvable Mysteries in “Aviary”
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The Stakes of Motherhood in “Spilt Milk”