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Sarah Ruth Bates

@sarahrbates

Writer @BostonGlobeMag @hobartpulp @NYTgames @WBUR @aeonmag +, lecturer @MIT, she/her

 Boston, MA / Tucson, AZ
Joined August 2010
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I’m so grateful to have had this conversation, and to be able to share it!
Essay Daily (@EssayingDaily) profile pictureEssay Daily@EssayingDaily10 Aug 2021
"it’s more a way of being I try to be alert to—so the writing and the living are one continuous act" —Lia Purpura in conversation with @sarahrbates: essaydaily.org/2021/08/cumul…
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So excited to have this essay up!
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So excited to have this up at @WIRED ! wired.com/story/walden-game-…
The Game 'Walden' Shows Us That Some Things Can’t Be Digitized

The Game 'Walden' Shows Us That Some Things Can’t Be Digitized

It invites players to "live deliberately" in the woods, as Thoreau did—but it's not an experience you can easily replicate.

wired.com
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still thinking about this
Jake Wolff (@Jake_Wolff) profile pictureJake Wolff@Jake_Wolff10 Nov 2020
Creative nonfiction writers be like: I first ate a hotdog when I was six years old. I remember the taste, the scent, the summer. SECTION BREAK Hot dogs were invented in 1693 by Steven Hotdog. According to Scientific American, the hotdog is
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I'm so grateful and excited to have this episode out in the world! Thank you, @MFAwriterspod!
MFA Writers Podcast (@MFAwriterspod) profile pictureMFA Writers Podcast@MFAwriterspod2 Feb 2021
Ep 17! What’s it like to work on a research-driven nonfiction book in an MFA while freelancing on the side? Sarah Ruth Bates discusses how NF is more than memoir, how science & philosophy inform her work, & how pandemic writing centers our shared humanity. jaredmccormack.com/mfawriter…
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super excited that my first-ever radio story airs today, on @azpublicmedia ! you can listen live here, at 6pm Tucson time: radio.azpm.org/kuaz/ (and it'll be posted online soon :))
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My mom and I are sitting in the kitchen listening to a talk and I just looked up from doomscrolling and saw her deep cleaning the Tupperware drawer. She is a superior form of being
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Aaaaand I chipped a tooth 💃
Sarah Ruth Bates (@sarahrbates) profile pictureSarah Ruth Bates@sarahrbates2 Oct 2020
So my employer discontinued my dental plan due to “underenrollment and overutilization” which I think means not many ppl paid for it and the ppl who did really needed it, and the solution apparently is no more coverage. Cute
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Today all the goats were snoozy in the sun
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Marcia Belsky@MarciaBelsky6 Nov 2020
JUST POST THE CAST LIST ALREADY
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blargh this is so good!!!
Rachel Sugar (@rtsugar) profile pictureRachel Sugar@rtsugar26 Oct 2020
I tried to experience "fun" vox.com/the-goods/21523704/f…
What was fun?

What was fun?

As we adjust to the “new normal,” something’s missing.

vox.com
I wrote about cloth masks, for @Salon! Picking a mask feels weird and confusing and high-stakes, but getting this science-backed info calmed me, and I hope it calms u
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@Salon25 Oct 2020
How to tell if your non–medical grade "fashion mask" is really working ift.tt/2TlOMbc
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Autumnal goat
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I have some questions
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Vanita Gupta@vanitaguptaCR19 Sep 2020
“I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."
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“So many feelings in a day. It’s clearly not the rudder—not the oracle—not the thing you should steer your life by, not the map. Though there is always that temptation.” Sheila Heti, Motherhood
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I wrote about Gilmore Girls for @WBURartery ! wbur.org/artery/2020/10/05/2… and I copped to being in my "late 20s" because I sacrifice 4 my art
20 Years Later, The Shiny Promise Of College That 'Gilmore Girls' Portrayed

20 Years Later, The Shiny Promise Of College That 'Gilmore Girls' Portrayed

The "Gilmore Girls" pilot aired 20 years ago -- and depicted a dream of college that has since broken apart.

wbur.org
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So my employer discontinued my dental plan due to “underenrollment and overutilization” which I think means not many ppl paid for it and the ppl who did really needed it, and the solution apparently is no more coverage. Cute
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