Sarah LaBrie

Nina Subin

Author of "No One Gets to Fall Apart," Sarah LaBrie' is a Texas writer, whose libretti have been performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Her fiction appears in Guernica, The Literary Review and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She has held residencies at Yaddo, UCross and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She lives in Los Angeles where she has written for television shows including Minx (Starz), Blindspotting (Starz), Made for Love (MAX), and Love, Victor (Hulu). She holds an MFA from NYU where she was a Writers in the Schools fellow.

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Awards: New York Times Editors' Pick and Notable Book of 2024

Communities: African American

Heady Challenges

Face blindness. Schizophrenia. Women reduced to "crazy chick" or "madwoman." Without a doubt, mental health diagnoses carry challenges and social stigmas. Join these authors as they explore family histories of mental illness and medical diagnoses, as well as their own personal battles.

Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Sadie Dingfelder, Sarah LaBrie, Suzanne Scanlon
Moderator: Kristine Welter Hall

Exposing Family Secrets

At the intersection of mental and chronic illness in families is a desire to hide them from view. Each of our authors has experienced these issues in her own unique way and, in voices that sometimes rely on humor, will share how healing can come from exposing secrets.

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)  
Sun, Mar 16, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Freda Epum, Julie Fingersh, Sarah LaBrie
Moderator: Janice Brundage

Book:

No One Gets to Fall Apart

A Memoir
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
HarperCollins/Harper
October 2024
ISBN 9780063280724
224 pages