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 Chief Program Officer for the ACLU of Virginia. [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]

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References

  1. "Amy Woolard". Poetry Foundation. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  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.
  10. "Amy Woolard". vqronline.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16.
  11. "Amy Woolard". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  12. Woolard, Amy. "Stories by amy-woolard on Guernica". Guernica. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  13. "Amy Woolard". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  14. Woolard, Amy. ""Spoiler"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  15. "Amy Woolard". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  16. "'Neck of the Woods' Marks Poet Amy Woolard's Debut | Arts | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  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.
  20. "Amy Woolard | Neck of the Woods | reviewed by Ian Pople". The Manchester Review. 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  21. "Neck of the Woods". www.publishersweekly.com. April 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.