Hannah V. Sawyer Sophomore Novel In Verse, Truth Is, Will Publish in September 2025.
Hannah V. Sawyer (Poetry ‘22) will publish her sophomore novel in verse Truth Is, in September 2025 with Abrams/Amulet. The pro-choice novel in verse follows seventeen-year-old poet Truth Bangura as she makes the decision to have an abortion. When Truth performs a poem about her decision and emotionally turbulent home life, the performance is recorded and posted for everyone to see–including her mother.
Hannah V. Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC’s World Have Your Say program, as well as the National Education Association’s “Do You Hear Us?” campaign. Her written word has been included in Essence, gal-dem, and xoNecole. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Sawyerr lives in Los Angeles, California. ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS is her debut novel.
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