Dr Sarah Jane Barnett is an Aotearoa New Zealand writer and editor. Her poetry, essays and reviews have been published widely in Aotearoa, as well as in Australia and the US. Her debut poetry collection A Man Runs into a Woman was a finalist in the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards. Sarah’s second collection WORK was published in 2015, and her memoir Notes on Womanhood in 2022. Her work asks how we find connection after trauma, and explores the multifaceted theme of modern womanhood. You can find her at: sarahjanebarnett.net