mary claytor. welcome. it's really a thrill. i can't even tell you what a thrill it is. i first met sarah before she even started at ku. and was fortunate to have her in my freshman writing seminar called you want to be a writer home. we have a lot of writers. and to have the benefit of the abilities. for the same class or senior year. during those years i watched as sera this here become a tenacious thinker and writer one who was hungry to explore her own world and tell it straight. she has been doing it ever since. we have the nonfiction writing. the previous education involved eight southern campus schools. she has reported on socio- economic class politics. for the guardian, the new york times. the new yorkers in harpers. and her essays and criticism on cultural boundaries had been published by the texas observer. in the first person on mars were both listed as notables in best american essays. i'm looking for them in readers. she was a recent jones school of government. her debut book a memoir of working hard and being broken the richest country on earth. as a medit