Amy Beth
@sissonab.bsky.social
Poet. Associate Artist ISGRJ. Editorial Assistant FENCE Magazine.
October 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You can read my acceptance speech and interview here: lambdaliterary.org/2025/10/amy-...
Amy Beth Sisson Wins the 2025 Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50
Amy Beth Sisson wins the 2025 Samuel Prize! Read the announcement here.
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October 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You can read my acceptance speech and interview here: lambdaliterary.org/2025/10/amy-...
Thank you, @lambdaliterary.org , for bringing me into the spotlight. Even though I feel more comfortable in the light of a soft flickery candle, I am grateful.
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thank you, @lambdaliterary.org , for bringing me into the spotlight. Even though I feel more comfortable in the light of a soft flickery candle, I am grateful.
@planthumanq.bsky.social fits my poetic obsessions. So glad to have my poem "Zoochory" here
Happy Equinox!🌙🍁 From falling leaves to elegies, skunk cabbage to trout lilies - our new issue is here:
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Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)
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Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@planthumanq.bsky.social fits my poetic obsessions. So glad to have my poem "Zoochory" here
Thank you to the Mendelssohn Chorus and ArtPhilly for the opportunity to be part of this collaboration. It is wonderful to work with the brilliant composer Leigha Amick and my amazing and generous mentor Steven Kleinman.
July 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thank you to the Mendelssohn Chorus and ArtPhilly for the opportunity to be part of this collaboration. It is wonderful to work with the brilliant composer Leigha Amick and my amazing and generous mentor Steven Kleinman.
I haven't doodles in a long time.
June 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I haven't doodles in a long time.
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It’s Pub Day!
I HOPE THIS HELPS is officially in the world.
Born in rupture. Shaped in breath. Carried by love, survival, and the magic of our lives.
This book understands heartbreak and turns it into balm, blade, blessing.
May it find you when you need it most.
#IHopeThisHelps
#PoetryIsMedicine
I HOPE THIS HELPS is officially in the world.
Born in rupture. Shaped in breath. Carried by love, survival, and the magic of our lives.
This book understands heartbreak and turns it into balm, blade, blessing.
May it find you when you need it most.
#IHopeThisHelps
#PoetryIsMedicine
May 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It’s Pub Day!
I HOPE THIS HELPS is officially in the world.
Born in rupture. Shaped in breath. Carried by love, survival, and the magic of our lives.
This book understands heartbreak and turns it into balm, blade, blessing.
May it find you when you need it most.
#IHopeThisHelps
#PoetryIsMedicine
I HOPE THIS HELPS is officially in the world.
Born in rupture. Shaped in breath. Carried by love, survival, and the magic of our lives.
This book understands heartbreak and turns it into balm, blade, blessing.
May it find you when you need it most.
#IHopeThisHelps
#PoetryIsMedicine
Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps" is layered and gorgeous. Thank you @scryptkeeper.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps" is layered and gorgeous. Thank you @scryptkeeper.substack.com
My interview with my brilliant teacher @paullisicky.bsky.social is live today! Thank you, @dintywmoore.bsky.social for bringing it into the world.
Paul Lisicky discusses his newest book, Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell--part Joni Mitchell playlist, part fan letter, and part memoir. @paullisicky.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/i...
My Mentor’s Mentor Text: An Interview with Paul Lisicky about Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell
By Amy Beth Sisson Pictured: Paul Lisicky Paul Lisicky’s latest book Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell, is part Joni Mitchell playlist, part fan letter, and part memoir.…
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April 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My interview with my brilliant teacher @paullisicky.bsky.social is live today! Thank you, @dintywmoore.bsky.social for bringing it into the world.
Tonight!
I'm reading at the upcoming April 2 edition of Mad Poets First Wednesday with Ann de Forest and LaVonne France!
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow
April 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tonight!
I'm reading at the upcoming April 2 edition of Mad Poets First Wednesday with Ann de Forest and LaVonne France!
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow
March 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm reading at the upcoming April 2 edition of Mad Poets First Wednesday with Ann de Forest and LaVonne France!
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow
...corporations externalize trillions in costs to society and the planet. Nonprofits form to absorb those costs, but have at their disposal only a tiny portion of the profits that corporations were able to generate by externalizing those costs in the first place.
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Opinion | The Impossible Math of Philanthropy (Gift Article)
There’s a reason so many seemingly well-funded causes fail to move the needle.
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February 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
...corporations externalize trillions in costs to society and the planet. Nonprofits form to absorb those costs, but have at their disposal only a tiny portion of the profits that corporations were able to generate by externalizing those costs in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...
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The Valentine poetry sharing circle has been postponed until February 15th! thepac.center/events/poetr...
February 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Valentine poetry sharing circle has been postponed until February 15th! thepac.center/events/poetr...
thepac.center/events/poetr... I'd love to see you there!
Valentine Poetry Sharing Circle — Park Avenue Community Center
Delco Writers and Friends Valentine Poetry Sharing Circle featuring poet Darla Himeles. Share your poetry love. Bring a printed copy of a poem that you love to read or memorize one to recite.&...
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January 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
thepac.center/events/poetr... I'd love to see you there!
"I turned the gas down, I got into bed. I said some words to the close and holy darkness, and then I slept." gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/070...
A Child's Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas, free ebooks, ebook,
etext
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December 25, 2024 at 2:32 PM
"I turned the gas down, I got into bed. I said some words to the close and holy darkness, and then I slept." gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/070...
I memorized a poem by @dseuss.bsky.social recently. In my dream last night I was stumbling over a recitation. This morning someone sent me this: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 23, 2024 at 2:56 PM
I memorized a poem by @dseuss.bsky.social recently. In my dream last night I was stumbling over a recitation. This morning someone sent me this: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Blue Stoop, an incredible philly lit mag, is nearing the end of their fundraising auction! lots of great items & services! plz take a look givebutter.com/c/bluestoop/...
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December 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Blue Stoop, an incredible philly lit mag, is nearing the end of their fundraising auction! lots of great items & services! plz take a look givebutter.com/c/bluestoop/...
Plaster cast for Adams Memorial by Saint-Gaudens. michenerartmuseum.org/exhibition/m...
December 12, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Plaster cast for Adams Memorial by Saint-Gaudens. michenerartmuseum.org/exhibition/m...