Sarah Smarsh Can Tell You Everything You Need to Know About America’s Working Class
“Smarsh has spent nearly two decades reporting on the working poor, with stories on topics ranging from health care access in rural America to Dolly Parton and for publications including the Guardian, the New York Times, the New Yorker, and Harper’s. In addition to her journalism, Smarsh has taught creative writing and journalism at Columbia University and Washburn University, where she is an associate professor of English.”