The blog was silent on Friday to mark the sudden passing of Sarah Richards Doerries, a contributor to our Winter 2008 issue who had been steadily and generously reading CR submissions for more than a year. She volunteered for this work because she loved it, and the editors here looked forward to her informed and lively assessments of the poetry and prose assigned her. Sarah was a longtime friend of Nicola Mason and Michael Griffith. They met in the early ’90s when she came on staff as a graduate assistant at The Southern Review. Sarah went on to publish her poetry and to edit books for many of the top publishing houses in the country, as well as to work and teach at her alma mater, Newcomb College/Tulane University. Her last position was that of editor at the Historic New Orleans Collection, and she was on her way to represent the Collection at the Frankfurt Book Fair when she suffered the brain aneurysm that ended her life. She had a vast intelligence, a nimble wit, a warm heart, and a brilliant spark. We will sorely miss her.
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Hello,
I am one of the nurses who took care Sarah in the Strasbourg (France) emergency.
We did our best but in vain.
I offer my sincere condolences and wish courage to her family and friends.
Best Regards,
Laurent
Thank you for your efforts, Laurent. And for your kind message.
A crushing loss. I’m still staggered by the news.
It was so healing to read the comment from Laurent, the nurse in Strasbourg. Thank you for all that you did for her.
(Sarah’s mother)
I forwarded your message to Sarah’s sister.
Dear Laurent,
Thank you for caring for Sally. It is a great comfort to me to know that such loving people were with her when she died. Pleas extend my appreciation to your co workers.