Amanda Auchter
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Amanda Auchter is an American writer, professor, and editor. She is an editor and author of poetry, nonfiction essays, and book reviews.
on February 6, 1977. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and English (magna cum laude) from the University of Houston
, where she worked as an editorial assistant at Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts and was awarded the 2005 Howard Moss Poetry Award. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College
, where she served as the editor of the Bennington Review.
She is the editor of the literary magazine, Pebble Lake Review. She is the author
of the book
, "The Glass Crib," winner of the Zone 3 Press First Book Award for Poetry, judged by Rigoberto González, and of the chapbook
, "Light Under Skin" (Finishing Line Press, 2006).
Personal life
Amanda Auchter was born in Baytown, TexasBaytown, Texas
Baytown is a city within Harris County and partially in Chambers County in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. Located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, it lies along both State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. As of 2010, Baytown had an population of 71,802...
on February 6, 1977. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and English (magna cum laude) from the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
, where she worked as an editorial assistant at Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts and was awarded the 2005 Howard Moss Poetry Award. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
, where she served as the editor of the Bennington Review.
She is the editor of the literary magazine, Pebble Lake Review. She is the author
Author
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of the book
Book
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, "The Glass Crib," winner of the Zone 3 Press First Book Award for Poetry, judged by Rigoberto González, and of the chapbook
Chapbook
A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...
, "Light Under Skin" (Finishing Line Press, 2006).
Awards/Honors
- 2011: Southern Indiana Review/Mary C. Mohr Poetry Award
- 2010: Zone 3 Press First Book Award for PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- 2009: Magliocco Prize for PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, Bellevue Literary ReviewBellevue literary reviewBellevue Literary Review is a literary journal that publishes fiction, nonfiction and poetry about the human body, illness, health and healing. The Bellevue Literary Review is based in Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, and has been published by the Department of... - 2007 Theodore Morrison Scholarship in PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
for the Bread Loaf Writers' ConferenceBread Loaf Writers' ConferenceThe Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is a writers' conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont... - 2006 BOMB Magazine PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
Prize - 2005 James WrightJames Wright (poet)James Arlington Wright was an American poet.Wright first emerged on the literary scene in 1956 with The Green Wall, a collection of formalist verse that was awarded the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Prize. But by the early 1960s, Wright, increasingly influenced by the Spanish language...
Poetry Award from Mid-American ReviewMid-American ReviewMid-American Review is an international literary journal dedicated to publishing contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations. Founded in 1981, MAR is a publication of the Department of English and the College of Arts & Sciences at Bowling Green State University... - 2005 Milton KesslerMilton KesslerMilton Kessler was a poet and an English professor at Binghamton University. He was one of the founders of the university's Creative Writing Program.-Life:...
Memorial Poetry Award from Harpur Palate - 2005 Bucknell UniversityBucknell UniversityBucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of...
Younger Poets Fellowship
Works
- "Tether", RHINO, 2010
- "The Bottom Drawer", Bellevue Literary Review, 2010
- "Nothing But the Shape", Bellevue Literary Review, 2008
- "Down in the 9", Superstition Review, 2010
- "Disaster Play", Chaparral, 2010
- "Poem for the Adoptive Mother", Linebreak, 2008
- "6220 Camp Street", diode, 2010
- "Fall of the Medici", Perihelion
- "Water Jealousy", Diagram 4.5
- "St. Cecilia, The Incorrupt", AGNI, 2006 by Amanda Auchter
- "The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha", AGNI, October 2008 by Amanda Auchter
- "Pencil in the Obvious", Born Magazine
Anthologies
- Best New PoetsBest New PoetsThe Best New Poets series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing fifty poems from poets without a previously published collection...
2006 - Two Weeks: A Digital Anthology of Contemporary Poetry 2011
- The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review 2008
- DIAGRAM.2 Anthology 2006
Reviews
Conventional mind-body dualism has no place in Amanda Auchter’s Light Under Skin, and this is the great allure of the book. The mind keeps itself alive in our skins; our bones are the very girders that support self-consciousness; the body is at once translucent and “heavy with words.”