Amy Holman
@amyholman.bsky.social
a poet, literary consultant, writer, editor, photographer, artist, sewist, knitter, observer, and optimist.
Latest Book: Captive (Saddle Road Pr, 2023). Substack: What Where: Literary Journals. www.amy-holman.com
Latest Book: Captive (Saddle Road Pr, 2023). Substack: What Where: Literary Journals. www.amy-holman.com
I’m honored to be nominated for my flash fiction
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m honored to be nominated for my flash fiction
Tagged Philadelphia Zoo mural. On my way to DC for my poetry reading. #beltwaypoetry
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Tagged Philadelphia Zoo mural. On my way to DC for my poetry reading. #beltwaypoetry
My poem “Born Ready” is the poem for August 12th: open.substack.com/pub/secondco...
Second Coming No. 205 — August 12, 2025
A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by Donald Trump and his fascist regime
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August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My poem “Born Ready” is the poem for August 12th: open.substack.com/pub/secondco...
I read #Zone3 for this month's newsletter. July is free to all subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
Zone 3
Hardy, wild, and vivid
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July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I read #Zone3 for this month's newsletter. July is free to all subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
The snowy pre-alps in the distance, as seen from the Casteli di Vezio ruin in Varenna, Italy almost two weeks ago. #lakecomo #beautifulviews
May 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The snowy pre-alps in the distance, as seen from the Casteli di Vezio ruin in Varenna, Italy almost two weeks ago. #lakecomo #beautifulviews
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I’ve got flash fiction “Stuck” in this fine journal. Check it out. Also, I’m interviewed on Pod—ette. I’m speaking slightly too fast but I say where the story came from and how I’m writing into this political time.
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve got flash fiction “Stuck” in this fine journal. Check it out. Also, I’m interviewed on Pod—ette. I’m speaking slightly too fast but I say where the story came from and how I’m writing into this political time.
I’m thrilled to be the feature poet for a week
“The Drive” by Amy Holman
but this drive I had to retrieve motive from something / irrevocable, to believe I could know who did it and be done, splintered
but this drive I had to retrieve motive from something / irrevocable, to believe I could know who did it and be done, splintered
“The Drive” by Amy Holman
but this drive I had to retrieve motive from something / irrevocable, to believe I could know who did it and be done, splintered
pinehillsreview.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’m thrilled to be the feature poet for a week
I’m in Milan, about to start a group trip to Lake Como for a plein air watercolor class. This sky gives me hope for the week since every day all day rain is forecasted, and today the weather app indicates 100% rain. I may yet be able to use that half pan of cerulean. #pitturaadacquarello #bluesky
May 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m in Milan, about to start a group trip to Lake Como for a plein air watercolor class. This sky gives me hope for the week since every day all day rain is forecasted, and today the weather app indicates 100% rain. I may yet be able to use that half pan of cerulean. #pitturaadacquarello #bluesky
You could say I’m flying high to have my flash nonfiction “Evening Flight” published at Airplane Reading. It started its literary life as a pantoum, but grew out of that dress. #airplane #microessay #art airplanereading.org/story/5141/e...
Evening Flight
We are flying north, near six o’clock. I’ve got a window seat behind the angled wing. On the open fold table is my tiny cold press notebook the size of a small shower tile. Near six o’clock, a hazy ye...
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March 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You could say I’m flying high to have my flash nonfiction “Evening Flight” published at Airplane Reading. It started its literary life as a pantoum, but grew out of that dress. #airplane #microessay #art airplanereading.org/story/5141/e...
“Miss Jessie Just Let Rhonda Sit There with Her Apple” by Della Wells, 2006, Collage, at the Outsider Art Fair
March 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Miss Jessie Just Let Rhonda Sit There with Her Apple” by Della Wells, 2006, Collage, at the Outsider Art Fair
Some blue sky in contrast
February 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Some blue sky in contrast
I look at variety in Five Minutes and elsewhere open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
Shorts in February
Boxes of text
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February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I look at variety in Five Minutes and elsewhere open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
RIP Roberta Flack. Her most famous songs light up areas of my young childhood because my mom would play that record on repeat, singing along to parts of it.
February 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
RIP Roberta Flack. Her most famous songs light up areas of my young childhood because my mom would play that record on repeat, singing along to parts of it.
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This weekend, write your way into existing mythologies, driven by the ideas, interests, and characters you simply can’t shake. This craft intensive will include close readings, small group discussions, and...
February 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This weekend, write your way into existing mythologies, driven by the ideas, interests, and characters you simply can’t shake. This craft intensive will include close readings, small group discussions, and...
I’m helping IFAW create a better future for animals everywhere. With your support, we can build a world where animals and people thrive together. Today, Feb 16th, is World Whale Day.
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m helping IFAW create a better future for animals everywhere. With your support, we can build a world where animals and people thrive together. Today, Feb 16th, is World Whale Day.
Whatever You Think Will Happen Next, It’s Even More Grotesque www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/b...
Book Review: ‘The Continental Divide,’ by Bob Johnson
The taut, disturbing stories in Bob Johnson’s “The Continental Divide” share the setting of a rural hamlet in Indiana — and transcend it.
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February 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Whatever You Think Will Happen Next, It’s Even More Grotesque www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/b...
“He drove/and I rode, leaning with each turn and jerking above/each rutted groove” and We saw them in moments/that flew” “sitting in our own boxes/of wonder or ennui”. So many good lines in Anne’s superb poem.
I'm thrilled to have my poem, "Wildebeests," in this issue alongside some truly stunning work. #poetry
www.riverheronreview.com/issue-81
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Issue 8.1 — River Heron Review
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February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“He drove/and I rode, leaning with each turn and jerking above/each rutted groove” and We saw them in moments/that flew” “sitting in our own boxes/of wonder or ennui”. So many good lines in Anne’s superb poem.
I’m delighted to have a poem up at Poets for Science: poetsforscience.org/see-through/
See Through - Poets for Science
Lapis lazuli was in the chroma of the heavens, reflected in the Nile, hard to come by, and carve. Stone pigments degraded and faded from bright shades. Pharaohs sought their own values between g...
poetsforscience.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I’m delighted to have a poem up at Poets for Science: poetsforscience.org/see-through/
Young Edward Gorey in a Butterfly Chair. Posted by The Edward Gorey Trust on IG
February 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Young Edward Gorey in a Butterfly Chair. Posted by The Edward Gorey Trust on IG
This month's What Where: Literary Journals is free to all subscribers. I read work from two literary journals in Hawai'i:
Aloha open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
Aloha open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
Aloha
The Hawaiian literary scene
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January 31, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This month's What Where: Literary Journals is free to all subscribers. I read work from two literary journals in Hawai'i:
Aloha open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
Aloha open.substack.com/pub/whatwher...
Here’s some leavening levity:
January 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Here’s some leavening levity: