Sarah Smarsh

Doug Stremel

Sarah Smarsh is a journalist and author whose first major book, "Heartland," was a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction in 2018. She is coming to Tucson with "Bone of the Bone," a collection of essays that explore life in her native Midwest and the issues that have shaped the region's politics.

In 2021, she profiled Dolly Parton in a book entitled "She Come by It Natural." 

Smarsh, who grew up on a wheat farm in Kansas and still lives nearby, is a frequent commentator and speaker on politics and class. 

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Awards: National Book Award finalist, winner of Chicago Tribune Literary Prize

In Search of the American Dream

Sarah Smarsh, Edgar Gomez and Lee Hawkins come from three very different places with three very different different stories to tell. In this session, our authors will discuss the America they see ... and what the "American Dream" means to them.

Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 337)  
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Edgar Gomez, Lee Hawkins, Sarah Smarsh
Moderator: Laura Penny

T. Swift, Dolly P. and Joni Mitchell

Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, and Joni Mitchell have written songs that speak the words of our souls and impacted culture as much as the music business.

Campus Store (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Lower Level (following presentation)  

Panelists: Paul Lisicky, Rob Sheffield, Sarah Smarsh
Moderator: Jonathon Crider, PhD

Books:

Bone of the Bone

Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Scribner
September 2024
ISBN 9781668055601
352 pages

She Come By It Natural

Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs
Music / Performing Arts
Simon and Schuster
September 2021
ISBN 9781982157296
208 pages