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Sarah Estes

About

Sarah Estes is a poet, essayist and science writer. Her most recent book is Field Work; she is also the author of Hive Bone, a chapbook. Estes' work has appeared in The Atlantic, New Scientist, Christian Science Monitor, Agni, Cimarron, Cider Press Review, Crab Orchard Review, Drunken Boat, The Missouri Review, New Orleans Review, Plume, Salon, Slate, Southern Review and elsewhere.She was a Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia and has a master’s in religion and culture from Harvard. Sarah has taught poetry and composition at UVA, James Madison University and overseas in Japanese high schools. She has received grants and fellowships from Harvard, UVA, Bread Loaf, Think Write Publish and the National Science Foundation among others. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Books by Sarah Estes
Recent Posts
Neuroscientists Learn to Read Minds

Like many a child, I spent a lot of time dreaming of a world where imagined inner realities could somehow manifest in the outer realm. Once I wished so hard for the gift of flight that I began flapping my 'wings' in public (long past the age when this would have been cute).

Like many a child, I spent a lot of time dreaming of a world where imagined inner realities could somehow manifest in the outer realm. Once I wished so hard for the gift of flight that I began flapping my 'wings' in public (long past the age when this would have been cute).

The High Cost of Agreeability

It's no secret that we're descended from Chimpanzees and partial heirs to their competitive hierarchical structures, so why am I so shocked that at the occasional impulse to gnash my teeth while clicking the obligatory Facebook 'like' on a colleague's accomplishment?

It's no secret that we're descended from Chimpanzees and partial heirs to their competitive hierarchical structures, so why am I so shocked that at the occasional impulse to gnash my teeth while clicking the obligatory Facebook 'like' on a colleague's accomplishment?