Sarah Matthes (she/her/hers) is a poet from central New Jersey. Her debut collection of poetry Town Crier (Persea, 2021) won the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, and she has received support for her work from the Yiddish Book Center and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, she serves as the managing editor of Bat City Review in Austin, TX.