SARAH HANSON

"I can't remember the last time I cared so much, and felt so invested in, a new author."

Elizabeth Gilbert, best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic

Sarah Hanson, author of Conjuring the Hurricane

For the woman quietly wondering if she’s allowed to leave.

Conjuring the Hurricane is a memoir-in-verse about leaving a life that hurts and rebuilding from the storm up.

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• 2026 IPPY OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR •
• 2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD: CONTEMPORARY POETRY •

You are Allowed to Leave

Conjuring the Hurricane

A survival memoir-in-verse about leaving a life that’s killing you and rebuilding a self you can finally live inside.

Told in fragments that mirror how trauma lives in the body, this book traces the nonlinear work of reclaiming identity, trust, and agency.

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• Named MS. Magazine's Best Poetry of 2026 •
5 ★ Amazon · 4.8 ★ Goodreads

The Hurricane Soundtrack

Experience the Emotions set to Music

A listening companion to the book Conjuring the Hurricane. This playlist moves through five acts, tracing the emotional arc of leaving, rebuilding, and beginning again.

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Elizabeth Gilbert

Best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic

I can't remember the last time I cared so much, and felt so invested in, a new author.

Jennifer Pastiloff

Best-selling author of On Being Human and Proof of Life

Each of Hanson’s words pierce a part of you that you didn’t know needed prodding and leaves you changed; softer. This book will make you feel held. And seen.

Ron Charles

Award-winning book critic, formerly of The Washington Post.

What’s so exhilarating about reading this brave, tender collection straight through is watching [Hanson] attain that healing, that sanctuary, that joy that eluded her for so long.

Kirkus Reviews

The most trusted voice in book reviews since 1933

A stirring collection of poems about love’s destructive powers... Hanson deftly explores the overlapping and often contradictory emotions that can characterize a romantic endeavor.

Foreword Reviews

Reviews of Indie Books Since 1998

A powerful poetry collection… [that] names emotional maelstroms and practices tenderness... Iconoclastic and subversive.

Stephanie Chinn

Best-selling author of Here Sister, Let Me Help You Up

This book is phenomenal, it is going to help and nourish so many people. Such deep resonance on these pages that will leave you feeling seen and held by her words. What a beautiful offering.

Elizabeth Hara

Emmy-award winning writer for Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur and Sesame Street

Reading this will be a walk through hell, then a steep but steady climb into the sunlight. You’re going to feel terrified, stripped bare, then fully seen and wrapped in such love and joy.

Maria Giesbrecht

Author of A Little Feral

Sarah Hanson summons chaos and survival at once, moving by spell and instinct. With precision, fracture, and dark humor, she tells stories that are coming undone even as she writes them. A brilliant debut.

Heidi Barr

Author of Collisions of Earth and Sky

This gem of a book is full of realness and truth, woven together in a way that won't blind you with too much light. Read it, and be astonished at the beauty that is still possible despite everything.

Angela Janda

Author of Small Rooms with Gods

For those who have wondered ‘What if?’-- let Sarah Hanson take you to the Church of How to Change Everything. Hanson's voice is generous and clear. I feel tended-to by this honest and necessary work. An astonishing joy.

Melanie Sue Hicks

Author of Incongruent

Through the chaos of loss and the storm of emotions, this journey transforms into something far more beautiful: a reclamation of self. It’s a story of resilience, finding clarity amidst the debris, and ultimately emerging stronger.

About Sarah

Author, poet, and truth-teller. Sarah Hanson writes hard truths beautifully, offering stories of survival, resilience, and hope. Her memoir-in-verse, Conjuring the Hurricane, is the recipient of the 2026 IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year and winner of the 2026 International Book Award for Contemporary Poetry.

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SARAH HANSON

• 2026 IPPY OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR • • 2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD: CONTEMPORARY POETRY •

Conjuring the Hurricane

• Named MS. Magazine's Best Poetry of 2026 • 5 ★ Amazon · 4.8 ★ Goodreads

The Hurricane Soundtrack

Reviews for Conjuring the Hurricane

Elizabeth Gilbert

Best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic

I can't remember the last time I cared so much, and felt so invested in, a new author.

Jennifer Pastiloff

Best-selling author of On Being Human and Proof of Life

Each of Hanson’s words pierce a part of you that you didn’t know needed prodding and leaves you changed; softer. This book will make you feel held. And seen.

Ron Charles

Award-winning book critic, formerly of The Washington Post.

What’s so exhilarating about reading this brave, tender collection straight through is watching [Hanson] attain that healing, that sanctuary, that joy that eluded her for so long.

Kirkus Reviews

The most trusted voice in book reviews since 1933

A stirring collection of poems about love’s destructive powers... Hanson deftly explores the overlapping and often contradictory emotions that can characterize a romantic endeavor.

Foreword Reviews

Reviews of Indie Books Since 1998

A powerful poetry collection… [that] names emotional maelstroms and practices tenderness... Iconoclastic and subversive.

Stephanie Chinn

Best-selling author of Here Sister, Let Me Help You Up

This book is phenomenal, it is going to help and nourish so many people. Such deep resonance on these pages that will leave you feeling seen and held by her words. What a beautiful offering.

Elizabeth Hara

Emmy-award winning writer for Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur and Sesame Street

Reading this will be a walk through hell, then a steep but steady climb into the sunlight. You’re going to feel terrified, stripped bare, then fully seen and wrapped in such love and joy.

Maria Giesbrecht

Author of A Little Feral

Sarah Hanson summons chaos and survival at once, moving by spell and instinct. With precision, fracture, and dark humor, she tells stories that are coming undone even as she writes them. A brilliant debut.

Heidi Barr

Author of Collisions of Earth and Sky

This gem of a book is full of realness and truth, woven together in a way that won't blind you with too much light. Read it, and be astonished at the beauty that is still possible despite everything.

Angela Janda

Author of Small Rooms with Gods

For those who have wondered ‘What if?’-- let Sarah Hanson take you to the Church of How to Change Everything. Hanson's voice is generous and clear. I feel tended-to by this honest and necessary work. An astonishing joy.

Melanie Sue Hicks

Author of Incongruent

Through the chaos of loss and the storm of emotions, this journey transforms into something far more beautiful: a reclamation of self. It’s a story of resilience, finding clarity amidst the debris, and ultimately emerging stronger.

About Sarah

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• 2026 IPPY OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR •
• 2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD: CONTEMPORARY POETRY •

• Named MS. Magazine's Best Poetry of 2026 •
5 ★ Amazon · 4.8 ★ Goodreads

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Conjuring the Hurricane