PinnedAmanda Oliver·Sep 21, 2022How to write at a writing residencyDon’tA response icon2A response icon2
InHuman PartsbyAmanda Oliver·Mar 27, 2020Quarantine Helped Me Confront My Fear of Hair LossNow, I see my former trauma as an opportunity for growthA response icon14A response icon14
InHuman PartsbyAmanda Oliver·Jul 13, 2019My Pointer FingerAll the parts of me count for something, are useful for somethingA response icon1A response icon1
InHuman PartsbyAmanda Oliver·Mar 19, 2019Excerpts From My Failed Travel NotebookMy summer in Europe was full of remarkable moments — but I forgot to write any of them downA response icon5A response icon5
Amanda Oliver·Nov 7, 2018On Men and PestsI can’t stop thinking about how I killed the cricketsA response icon4A response icon4
Amanda Oliver·Apr 7, 2018JackpotBike courier, dope peddler, and full-time hedonist — Featherhead had it made. Until his roommate threatened the president.
Amanda Oliver·Feb 23, 2018On Guns in SchoolsI was a school librarian in a DC public elementary school for six and a half years until I resigned in January of this year. On October 17…A response icon38A response icon38
InAmerican WestbyAmanda Oliver·Nov 8, 2017Never Even AskedThere is a road in Taos, New Mexico called Blueberry Hill. If you take it for about a quarter mile it will give way to dirt side roads.A response icon2A response icon2
InHuman PartsbyAmanda Oliver·Sep 10, 2017Autumn is the hardest seasonI moved to Washington, DC on June 1, 2011. A day later I started working at a restaurant where I worked every single day of that first…A response icon40A response icon40
