Dear Reader,

As a reader, feminist, and author, I’ve drawn solace and resilience from my favorite books and poems all my life. They’ve carried me through many situations where other people didn’t know how powerful I was, and where it was incumbent on me to remember in order to feel free, get what I deserved, and fully experience life.

Sayre is a vessel for us to cradle these stories in places where our favorite books don’t usually come: protests, first dates, family dinners, board rooms, hospital rooms, opening nights, walks around foreign streets, best friends’ weddings, deaths, births, birthdays.

May our pieces remind you of who you really are and what you truly love, no matter who you're with, where you go, or where the plot of life takes you.

Lauren Ross