


You’d expect her to be aloof, but she’s just the opposite-her smiles are genuine and she’s unapologetically enthusiastic about passions like astronomy (she’s a graduate of the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop) and fiction (she edits the chapbook series Guillotine).īorn in Seattle and now based in Brooklyn, McCarry inhabits the early roots of the grunge scene (a theme that recurs in her work), but she thrives in the climate of her new home as well. You know, the one with layers of fascinating clothes, a defiant haircut, and an assortment of jewelry that winks with a certain air of mysteriousness. Sarah McCarry is the adult equivalent of that punk girl who I always wanted to be in high school.

Sarah McCarry at the Very Large Array in New Mexico in September 2015.
