Sarah Stern is the author of three poetry books—We Have Been Lucky in the Midst of Misfortune, But Today Is Different, and Another Word For Love. She is a five-time winner of the Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Poetry Award, a recipient of two Pushcart Prize nominations, and several Poets & Writers' Readings & Workshops Grants. Stern is an educator at Poets House and on the faculty of the New York Writers Workshop.