April 2018 Amanda Johnston |
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Happy National Poetry Month! I hope this finds you writing, reading, and enjoying poetry on and off the page. Poetry can enrich our lives everyday, but thanks to the Academy of American Poets, we amplify the good work of verse the entire month of April. Celebrate all month long by sharing poems with your friends and family, buy poetry books from local bookstores, and attend poetry readings. Check out my April events below and follow me on Twitter @amejohnston for updates and other poetry gems from poets I love. What a gift to hold a world, a way, a life in the palm of your hand. I'm thankful for the gifts poetry continues to bring into my life. In love & word, Amanda |
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"Amanda Johnston’s first book sings with the passion of our great warrior poets. They reassure me of a fierce connective tissue between us. Johnston’s poems apply just the right degree of salve and just the right degree of fire to our current American wounds." - Toi Derricotte Bookstore Orders: argushousepress@gmail.com | | |
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UPCOMING EVENTS 3/31 - Salvage Vanguard Theater, con flama talk back, Austin, TX 4/5 - Poetry & Prose: Amanda Johnston & Alexis Paige, Austin,TX 4/19 - Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Washington, D.C. Kevlar Hearts: Poetic Strategies for Engaging Police Violence. Presenters: F. Douglas Brown, Mahogany L. Browne, Kyle Dargan, Amanda Johnston 4/22 - Black Ladies Brunch Collective, Washington, D.C. 4/26 - Cultural Lounge at the Carver, Austin, TX 4/27 - Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX More dates online at amandajohnston.com |
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| | Thankful to the I, Too Arts Collective for opening the doors to the Langston Hughes House for the NY release of Another Way to Say Enter. Follow on FB for more pics by David Flores. | | |
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| | Learn more about the I, Too Collective and their dedication to preserving the legacy of Langston Hughes and filling his Harlem home with the literary voices of the people today. | | |
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In March, the #PoetryCoalition dedicated events and work to issues related to the body. Poets.org shared my poem "Facing US" and an anthology of poems I currated from BPSO related work as part of their focus on the Black Lives Matter movement. | | |
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Want to bring Amanda Johnston to your event? Let's connect! Available for readings, adult and youth workshops, seminars, art activism collaborations, and speaking engagements. Click here for Press Kit | | |
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