Photo by Cindy Elizabeth

March poetry madness is coming! 

I hope this finds you well. Poetry is in bloom! I'm ready to spring into new work and look forward to sharing it with you at upcoming events. There is so much to celebrate, big and small, and I'm glad you are here. Just glad you can be. I was watching the Fred Rogers documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor? and one quote in particular stuck with me: “You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.” Click here to watch the 2002 Dartmouth College commencement address the quote is from. We can get caught in social media post likes and award season glitter and forget that we are enough. Just as we are. Enough. I hope you carry this with you into the next breath, stillness, and as you dare to lean into creation. Thank you for sharing your unique voice. It was more than enough. 

Onward with love,

Amanda 

UPCOMING EVENTS

2/28 - 3/2/19 - SUNSTAR Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 

3/16-22/19 - England / France 

3/28 - 30/ 19 -  AWP in Portland, OR

3/28/19 – 6:30PM: Women Writers in Bloom Reading with Amanda Johnston, Naa Akua, Lauren K. Alleyne, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Wendy Angulo, Nívea Castro, JP Howard, Anastacia Renee, Kimberly Reyes, Alberta Abbey, 126 NE Alberta St, Portland, Oregon 97211

3/28/19 – 7:00PM: Affrilachians at the Heathman with Amanda Johnston, Frank X Walker, Ellen Hagan, Shayla Lawson, Randall Horton, Crystal Good, and Mitchell L. H. Douglas, Heathman Hotel, 1001 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205

3/29/19 – 6:30PM: The Resistance is Femme (AF) Reading with Amanda Johnston, Patricia Smith, Ada Limón, Denice Frohman, and Anastacia Renée, Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books) 1005 W Burnside ST, Portland, Oregon 97209

3/30/19 – 6:00PM: Argus House Press Reading with Amanda Johnston, Teneice Durrant, Anastacia Renée, JR Toriseva, Angst Gallery, 1015 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98663

3/30/19 – 3:00PM: AWP Panel: 21st Century Innovations in Poetic Form 

with Amanda Johnston, Jaimee Hills, Dora Malech, Kimberly Ann Southwick, Jaimie Gusman, E146, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1