Amy Woolard

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Amy Woolard is an American attorney and poet. She won the 2018 Alice James Prize. [1] She won the 2015 1/2 K Prize, [2]

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She is director of policy of the Legal Aid Justice Center. [3] [4] She is an advocate for criminal justice reform in Virginia. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Early life

She graduated from the University of Virginia, where she studied with Gregory Orr in the University of Virginia School of Law. [9]

Career

Her work appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review , [10] The Rumpus , [11] Guernica, [12] Ploughshares , Gulf Coast, Colorado Review , Fence, Slate, [13] The New Yorker , [14] and The Paris Review . [15]

Works

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  2. ↑ "amy woolard | Indiana Review". indianareview.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Amy Woolard". Virginia Festival of the Book. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Amy Woolard | Slate, The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  5. ↑ Staff. "VA House passes bill to reinstate drivers' licenses suspended due to unpaid court fines". www.wdbj7.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  6. ↑ Oliver, Ned. "Lawyers group urges speedy vaccination of Virginia prisoners, staff". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Eleven Prosecutors Form a Progressive Alliance in Virginia". The Appeal Political Report. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  8. ↑ Oliver, Ned. "Black students bear brunt of enforcement as police file more disorderly conduct charges in schools". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  9. ↑ "UVA Law Alums Help End Driver's License Suspensions". UVA Today. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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  12. ↑ Woolard, Amy. "Stories by amy-woolard on Guernica". Guernica. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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  15. ↑ "Amy Woolard". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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  17. ↑ "Poetry for the Rest of Us: 2020 Roundup - Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  18. ↑ "Gospel That Kicks Up the Dust: Neck of the Woods by Amy Woolard". The Rumpus.net. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  19. ↑ Price, Mara Davis (2020-07-29). "'Neck of the Woods' Examines Grief, Social Change, the Power of Shared Experience". Southern Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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