Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones, a Bristol, Virginia, native, is the featured writer in a Sunday with Friends event Sunday, June 8, at 3 p.m., at the Washington County Library in Abingdon,Virginia.
Jones has written a book, “Disposable: America’s Contempt for the Underclass.” It is a blend of personal narrative and in-depth reporting that exposes America’s racial and income inequality and the devastating impact of the pandemic on the nation’s most vulnerable.
Using her own family as a backdrop, she examines the lives of the essential workers, seniors and people with disabilities who were disproportionately affected by COVID-19, not due to ages or professions, but because of the systemic inequality and poverty that left them exposed.
Jones is a senior writer for New York Magazine, where she covers politics and religion. She was previously a staff writer for the New Republic, and her work has been published in the Nation, the Columbia Journalism Review and Dissent magazine. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics. She lives in Brooklyn.
The Friends of the Washington County Public Library is a volunteer, non-profit organization whose purpose is to help strengthen the resources of the library and to make it a dynamic force in the community.
The event is free of charge. There will be refreshments as well as book sales and signings after the event. For more information, contact the event’s coordinator, Ben Jennings, at ben.h.jennings@gmail.com.
