Amy Wright
@awrightawright.bsky.social
Editor, professor, writer with work in Georgia Review, Fourth Genre, Kenyon Review, Brevity, Ninth Letter, Appalachian Review, and elsewhere linked at awrightawright.com Author of Paper Concert (Sarabande).
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Amy Wright
@awrightawright.bsky.social
· Jan 23
The Power of Listening
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"Listening is difficult. And rare. And often radical. " -Colum McCann www.templeton.org/news/the-pow...
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"I don't know why some of us get up and some don't. I know we have to take turns. I know you have to start and practice." - @alexanderchee.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 4:06 PM
"I don't know why some of us get up and some don't. I know we have to take turns. I know you have to start and practice." - @alexanderchee.bsky.social
"& the song was necessary, yes, it was soothing & distracting-- / it could justify, almost, our sense of / being human"
August 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"& the song was necessary, yes, it was soothing & distracting-- / it could justify, almost, our sense of / being human"
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Pssst. You can order any book from us during August and get free shipping, including preorders of upcoming releases by @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, Elline Lipkin, Brother Anthony, @susanlleary.bsky.social & Anthony Ceballos!
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August 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Pssst. You can order any book from us during August and get free shipping, including preorders of upcoming releases by @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, Elline Lipkin, Brother Anthony, @susanlleary.bsky.social & Anthony Ceballos!
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I have a new essay about snapdragons, dinosaurs, and predatory men in the new issue of Zone 3. Many thanks to @awrightawright.bsky.social, @rsdeeren.bsky.social, and the team for giving this piece a home.
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Snapdragon - Zone 3
I hold open my hand for bloom but feel only burst. My grandmother’s garden is an oasis in the desert, a small bit of land behind her house that stretches toward an empty meadow like it is running away. The
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April 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I have a new essay about snapdragons, dinosaurs, and predatory men in the new issue of Zone 3. Many thanks to @awrightawright.bsky.social, @rsdeeren.bsky.social, and the team for giving this piece a home.
zone3press.com/nonfiction-e...
zone3press.com/nonfiction-e...
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I think once people stop waiting for one person or one big galvanizing moment to "save us" and realize this is gonna take a lot of work from a lot of people for a long time we will maybe get somewhere.
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think once people stop waiting for one person or one big galvanizing moment to "save us" and realize this is gonna take a lot of work from a lot of people for a long time we will maybe get somewhere.
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@awrightawright.bsky.social reading at AWP! See you soon in LA. youtu.be/LgPEBS6PUKs?...
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#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #creativewriting #StephenReichert #art #ContemporaryPoetry #AWP #AWP24 #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoets #AmyWright #ClareBanks
Amy Wright reading at AWP
YouTube video by SmartishPace
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February 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Huge thanks to @amyscheiner.bsky.social and CRAFT for her thoughtful interview about my book Crafting the Lyric Essay!
Check out @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social's interview in CRAFT on the lyric essay: "all of these different lyric elements…sound or visual images, smell, or doing strange things with time…engage with the reader in a different way than a more traditional linear narrative would."
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Interview: Heidi Czerwiec - CRAFT
I started writing lyric essays long before I knew the language for what I was doing. Working at the intersection of poetry and prose, I wrote about big emotions (love, grief) because I wasn’t sure how...
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January 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Huge thanks to @amyscheiner.bsky.social and CRAFT for her thoughtful interview about my book Crafting the Lyric Essay!
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"Remember that changing one thing can change everything. Let more light into your life by letting more light into this day. Then repeat, and repeat, and repeat. Keep moving." ~ @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Remember that changing one thing can change everything. Let more light into your life by letting more light into this day. Then repeat, and repeat, and repeat. Keep moving." ~ @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
"Listening is difficult. And rare. And often radical. " -Colum McCann www.templeton.org/news/the-pow...
The Power of Listening
www.templeton.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Listening is difficult. And rare. And often radical. " -Colum McCann www.templeton.org/news/the-pow...
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"I was drowning in my Substack. A deluge of daily noise demanded my attention. Click through, click through, click through. I wanted it all." ~ @caitlinjgorman.bsky.social on how to love Substack without feeling overwhelmed.
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How to Love Substack Without Suffocating In It
By Caitlin Gorman I was drowning in my Substack. A deluge of daily noise demanded my attention. Monday essay roundups, Tuesday writing prompts, Wednesday self-revelation, Thursday threads, Friday w…
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January 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"I was drowning in my Substack. A deluge of daily noise demanded my attention. Click through, click through, click through. I wanted it all." ~ @caitlinjgorman.bsky.social on how to love Substack without feeling overwhelmed.
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Not ready to send us something for the journal? We're looking for submissions to our blog too--send us something for "My Favorite Essay to Teach," "The Backlist," or even propose a miniseries!
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January 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Not ready to send us something for the journal? We're looking for submissions to our blog too--send us something for "My Favorite Essay to Teach," "The Backlist," or even propose a miniseries!
https://buff.ly/2JsX5vM
https://buff.ly/2JsX5vM
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New on the Assay Blog! We've got a wonderful new reading list from Amanda Jaros on Walking and Hiking narratives--which is exactly what we need when we're buried in snow and can't leave the house.
Reading List: Walking and Hiking
Noé Álvarez, Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
Heather Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
Kerri Andrews, Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
Shilletha Curtis, Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself
Robyn Davidson, Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback
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January 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New on the Assay Blog! We've got a wonderful new reading list from Amanda Jaros on Walking and Hiking narratives--which is exactly what we need when we're buried in snow and can't leave the house.
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We're big fans of Rose Metal Press around here--consider adding them to your #givingtuesday!
Please support Rose Metal Press this #GivingTuesday by subscribing or donating for 2025! We have a fantastic catalog planned for 2025! Check out our 2025 books here, and thank you for your support! icont.ac/50Utt
Please Support Rose Metal Press on Giving Tuesday
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December 3, 2024 at 3:32 PM
We're big fans of Rose Metal Press around here--consider adding them to your #givingtuesday!
"I don't know why some of us get up and some don't. I know we have to take turns. I know you have to start and practice." - @alexanderchee.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 4:06 PM
"I don't know why some of us get up and some don't. I know we have to take turns. I know you have to start and practice." - @alexanderchee.bsky.social
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Girl, what are you doing? We know you know you have that baller classroom idea for your #nonfiction students.
It's #SubmissionSaturday ya'll. Send us your awesome shit already! #OpenSubs #OpenSubmissions
It's #SubmissionSaturday ya'll. Send us your awesome shit already! #OpenSubs #OpenSubmissions
November 23, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Girl, what are you doing? We know you know you have that baller classroom idea for your #nonfiction students.
It's #SubmissionSaturday ya'll. Send us your awesome shit already! #OpenSubs #OpenSubmissions
It's #SubmissionSaturday ya'll. Send us your awesome shit already! #OpenSubs #OpenSubmissions
"I’m coming to understand Lee’s relationship to the land as being connected to that daily translation of the world made new, a recovery of perception, a revivification of ordinary moments—which is one way of defining artmaking."
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
"I’m coming to understand Lee’s relationship to the land as being connected to that daily translation of the world made new, a recovery of perception, a revivification of ordinary moments—which is one way of defining artmaking."
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It’s just all I’ve got. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/o...
Opinion | Against Panic: A Survival Kit
There is no cure for profound grief, but beauty and love and tenderness can walk alongside it and ease the solitude.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2024 at 2:47 PM
It’s just all I’ve got. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/o...