Lauren Grodstein interviews sarah yahm for poets and writers first fiction 2025

The July/August 2025 Issue of Poets & Writers was published today, and we’re thrilled to share that Sarah Yahm was included in their First Fiction 2025 Series!

Five established authors were asked to introduce this year’s group of debut authors, and Lauren Grodstein met with Sarah to talk about her novel UNFINISHED ACTS OF WILD CREATION. Her kind introduction starts: “The strangest thing happened to me after I read Sarah Yahm’s exhilarating UNFINISHED ACTS OF WILD CREATION: For weeks the novel’s characters started popping up in my memories like they were dear old friends.“

Read the rest of their conversation and enjoy a written and audio excerpt from the book here.

And celebrate all the First Fiction 2025 debut authors with a virtual reading and conversation with P&W features editor India Lena González on Thursday, July 24, at 7 PM EDT. RSVP Here.