Sarai Hertz-Velázquez

Born and raised in Connecticut (for the most part), Sarai Hertz-Velázquez is a former intern with PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program. Sarai is student at Wellesley College, currently studying the unknown. She is greatly invested in the boundary-pushing, narrative-shifting abilities of human connection through the power of listening.


Articles by Sarai Hertz-Velázquez

A young man in a sweatshirt stands in front of a brick wall, holding papers and speaking into a microphone on a stand—bringing to mind the candid style of B. Batchelor.
Prison and Justice Writing
Monday August 12

Works of Justice: Interview with Poet B. Batchelor

“Just because there is a wall between us and society doesn’t mean that we aren’t part of the American community”