Amanda Johnston

Amanda Johnston earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of the poetry collection Another Way to Say Enter (Argus House Press, 2017).

The recipient of multiple Artist Enrichment grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Christina Sergeyevna Award from the Austin International Poetry Festival, Johnston is a member of the Affrilachian Poets and a Cave Canem graduate fellow.

Johnston is a Stonecoast MFA faculty member at the University of Southern Maine, a cofounder of Black Poets Speak Out, and the founding executive director of Torch Literary Arts. She serves on the Cave Canem Foundation’s board of directors and currently lives in Austin, Texas.