Sarah Anjum Bari

Olive B. O'Connor Creative Writing Fellow in the Department of English and Creative Writing

Department/Office Information

English and Creative Writing

MWF 11:00am - 12:00pm (307 Lathrop Hall)

Contact

Sarah Anjum Bari is a writer and editor from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her work spans memoir, criticism, and literary journalism, and has appeared or is forthcoming in platforms including Literary Hub, Words Without Borders, Wasafiri, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Himal Southasian, and the Black Warrior Review, among others.

Education

MFA 2026, Nonfiction Writing Program, University of Iowa
MA 2018, History & Literature, Columbia University
BSs 2017, Economics, North South University

Professional history

Books and Literary Editor, The Daily Star newspaper
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English & Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)
Instructor of Record, Department of English, University of Iowa