Summer! Summer! Summertime! 

It's hot! This picture is a throwback to cooler days in March at the Langston Hughes House in Harlem. I'm so grateful for the places Another Way to Say Enter has taken me. Thank you, dear reader, for spending some time with my poems and entering each line with an open heart. Since its release, I've felt vulnerable and powerful walking deeper into my truth and craft. More writing is on the horizon. Follow me on Twitter @amejohnston for updates. I look forward to sharing it with you soon.  Until then, take those layers off and let the sun shine on your face! Get outside. Dance. See the people you love. Make new friends. Share a poem. We need more of the good of us unleashed in the world. Thank you for the joy you bring. 

Love,

Amanda 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

7/12-17: Stonecoast MFA Summer Residency

Friday, July 13th, 1:30PM: (Poetry Seminar, Students Only) Jimmy’s Blues: Critical Analysis and Introduction to the Poetry of James Baldwin 

Sunday, July 15th, 7:00PM: (Open to the Public) Flash Faculty and Guest Reading - Rick Bass, David Anthony Durham, Amanda Johnston, Debra Marquart (Harasseket Inn, Casco Bay Room)

"In just ten years Stonecoast has become one of the nation's most diverse, rigorous, and influential low-residency MFA programs. Students come from across the country and around the world, to join a community of established and emerging writers." 

Current poetry faculty include: Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Martín Espada, Amanda Johnston, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin, and Ted Deppe (Ireland) 

Click here to learn more and apply online.