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How to write at a writing residency

Don’t

Sep 21, 2022

How to write at a writing residency

Sep 21, 2022

Ferry

after Mary Ruefle’s MONUMENT

Jul 9, 2020

Ferry

Jul 9, 2020

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Human Parts

Quarantine Helped Me Confront My Fear of Hair Loss

Now, I see my former trauma as an opportunity for growth

Mar 27, 2020

A selfie photo of the author with short cropped hair.

Mar 27, 2020

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Human Parts

My Pointer Finger

All the parts of me count for something, are useful for something

Jul 13, 2019

My Pointer Finger

Jul 13, 2019

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Human Parts

Excerpts From My Failed Travel Notebook

My summer in Europe was full of remarkable moments — but I forgot to write any of them down

Mar 19, 2019

Excerpts From My Failed Travel Notebook

Mar 19, 2019

On Men and Pests

I can’t stop thinking about how I killed the crickets

Nov 7, 2018

On Men and Pests

Nov 7, 2018

Jackpot

Bike courier, dope peddler, and full-time hedonist — Featherhead had it made. Until his roommate threatened the president.

Apr 7, 2018

Jackpot

Apr 7, 2018

On Guns in Schools

I 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…

Feb 23, 2018

On Guns in Schools

Feb 23, 2018

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American West

Never Even Asked

There 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.

Nov 8, 2017

Never Even Asked

Nov 8, 2017

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Human Parts

Autumn is the hardest season

I 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…

Sep 10, 2017

Autumn is the hardest season

Sep 10, 2017

Amanda Oliver

Amanda Oliver

Author of OVERDUE: Reckoning with the Public Library • writer, editor, teacher • amandaoliver.com

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