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Amy Holman

@amyholman.bsky.social

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a poet, literary consultant, writer, editor, photographer, artist, sewist, knitter, observer, and optimist. Latest Book: Captive (Saddle Road Pr, 2023). Substack: What Where: Literary Journals. www.amy-holman.com

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · 9d

I’m honored to be nominated for my flash fiction

-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 9d

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tagged Philadelphia Zoo mural. On my way to DC for my poetry reading. #beltwaypoetry

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Aug 12

My poem “Born Ready” is the poem for August 12th: open.substack.com/pub/secondco...

Second Coming No. 205 — August 12, 2025

A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by Donald Trump and his fascist regime

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Desperate moves

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Jul 30

I read #Zone3 for this month's newsletter. July is free to all subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...

Zone 3

Hardy, wild, and vivid

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Jun 18

Isn’t it also a propaganda problem? Are the Fox News and Truth Social etc reporting or shielding?

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Jun 14

Brooklyn #nokingsday

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · May 23

The snowy pre-alps in the distance, as seen from the Casteli di Vezio ruin in Varenna, Italy almost two weeks ago. #lakecomo #beautifulviews

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · May 9

www.ettereview.com/spring2025/

Spring 2025 | -ette review

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · May 9

I’ve got flash fiction “Stuck” in this fine journal. Check it out. Also, I’m interviewed on Pod—ette. I’m speaking slightly too fast but I say where the story came from and how I’m writing into this political time.

-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · May 9

www.ettereview.com/spring2025/

Spring 2025 | -ette review

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · May 8

I’m thrilled to be the feature poet for a week

Pine Hills Review @pinehillsreview.bsky.social · May 7

“The Drive” by Amy Holman

but this drive I had to retrieve motive from something / irrevocable, to believe I could know who did it and be done, splintered

“The Drive” by Amy Holman

but this drive I had to retrieve motive from something / irrevocable, to believe I could know who did it and be done, splintered

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · May 5

I’m in Milan, about to start a group trip to Lake Como for a plein air watercolor class. This sky gives me hope for the week since every day all day rain is forecasted, and today the weather app indicates 100% rain. I may yet be able to use that half pan of cerulean. #pitturaadacquarello #bluesky

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · May 5

A thousand-fold

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · May 5

That’s a good point about who he thinks should get the low-wage immigrant jobs. This IQ insult is definitely a problem when women who are black seem untroubled by him and are sparring with him, and proving they are smarter than he is.

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Mar 29

#bluesky #caturday

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Mar 19

Good for the talented individuals

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Mar 7

You could say I’m flying high to have my flash nonfiction “Evening Flight” published at Airplane Reading. It started its literary life as a pantoum, but grew out of that dress. #airplane #microessay #art airplanereading.org/story/5141/e...

Evening Flight

We are flying north, near six o’clock. I’ve got a window seat behind the angled wing. On the open fold table is my tiny cold press notebook the size of a small shower tile. Near six o’clock, a hazy ye...

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Mar 2

“Miss Jessie Just Let Rhonda Sit There with Her Apple” by Della Wells, 2006, Collage, at the Outsider Art Fair

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Feb 28

Some blue sky in contrast

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Feb 26

I look at variety in Five Minutes and elsewhere open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...

Shorts in February

Boxes of text

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Feb 25

Clever, touching—even if it never actually touches

Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Feb 24

RIP Roberta Flack. Her most famous songs light up areas of my young childhood because my mom would play that record on repeat, singing along to parts of it.

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · Feb 24

This weekend, write your way into existing mythologies, driven by the ideas, interests, and characters you simply can’t shake. This craft intensive will include close readings, small group discussions, and...

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Feb 16

I don’t what happened to the link, but you support what matters to you. Here’s IFAW: www.ifaw.org/uk/press-rel...

This World Whale Day, a plea for action to save a critically endangered whale

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Amy Holman @amyholman.bsky.social · Feb 16

I’m helping IFAW create a better future for animals everywhere. With your support, we can build a world where animals and people thrive together. Today, Feb 16th, is World Whale Day.

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