Whoa! Huge thanks to Wayne Miller and the rest of the amazing crew at Copper Nickel for nominating my its-technically-a-sestina-even-if-every-end-word-is-the-same poem "Sestina for the Heartland" for a Pushcart Prize, along with the talents of Kaveh Bassiri, Sugi Ganeshananthan, Justin Jannise, Rebecca Lehmann, and Sarah Anne Strickley! Who knows if the Pushcart folks will see fit to … Continue reading Pushcart Prize nomination: Sestina for the Heartland
Poems in New South and Forklift, Ohio
I'm excited to have a pair of poems in New South, and one in Forklift, Ohio! Both journals I've admired for some years now as a reader, so it's extra gratifying to be joining their pages this spring. The two in New South are among the first post-book poems I wrote. It's great to see them … Continue reading Poems in New South and Forklift, Ohio
Sestina (technically!) in Copper Nickel
Hi, all—I have a big announcement to share on Wednesday, so make sure to come back that afternoon to see what that's all about! In the meantime, this weekend's mail was exciting—I received my contributor copies of Copper Nickel 28, which include my form-irreverent sestina (teaser: all end words are the same word, which was … Continue reading Sestina (technically!) in Copper Nickel
Brandon Amico 