Amy Leigh Wicks

Poet

Kaikoura
New Zealand
NZ
Website: 
www.press.auckland.ac.nz/en/brows…

Author's Bio

Amy Leigh Wicks received her PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters in New Zealand. She holds her MFA from The New School in New York and is the author of The Dangerous Country of Love and Marriage (Auckland University Press) and Orange Juice and Rooftops (Eloquent Books). Recent work can be found in drDOCTOR, Turbine/Kapohau, SPORT 45 and Swamp. She likes motorcycles, outdoor feasts with chandeliers, and stories without endings.

Education: 
The New School MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Understanding between Foxes and Light (Great weather for MEDIA, 2013)
Book:
The Dangerous Country of Love and Marriage (Auckland University Press, 2019)
Journals:
Curator Magazine
,
drDOCTOR
,
Minarets
,
NYSAI Press
,
Sport
,
Swamp
,
SWAMP
,
The Perch
,
Turbine
Prizes won: 

Victoria Doctoral Scholarship

The New School MFA Creative Writing Scholarship

The New School, Riggio Honors: Writing and Democracy, Teaching Assistant Fellowship 

Esther Unger Poetry Award

David Markowitz Poetry Award

The Goodman Fund Poetry Award

 

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Staten Island, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 28, 2020