Dr. Sadler is a professor of philosophy, a feminist, a poet, a mother, a vegetarian, a cynic, and a bit of a misfit. She is keen to support literary journals, poetry, and the arts.

Her poems have been published in a variety of journals including Atlanta Review, Tampa Review, GW Review, The Cortland Review, The Chariton Review, Calamaro Magazine, Parody Poetry, Mixitini Matrix, McNeese Review, The Boiler Journal, Connotation Press, ROAR, Ms. Magazine, and other places.

Dr. Sadler has participated in writers' conferences at Sewanee, Breadloaf, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Sarah Lawrence. In September I was a Fellow in poetry at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts.

UNEXCUSED ABSENCE   Monday morning and you are not here. Another “F” joins the parade of “F’s” across Miss Nichols’ notebook. You are off catching pollywogs in the stream behind the school, sneaking into matinees, sitting next to men with bourbon breath.   Our hands touched by chance in the dark theater of Audrey Hepburn … Continue reading 2018 Winter Poetry Winner “Unexcused Absence” by Claire Scott