Amy Holman, formerly on the staff of Poets & Writers, is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, essayist, and fiction writer, and the author of poetry collections and a writer’s guide. She has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences, writing programs, arts councils, bookstores, and literary centers, including an annual spot at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference since 1995. She was a poetry fellow at the 2015 Quest Writers Conference in Squamish, British Columbia, and a 2013 guest poet for a trip by students at The Masters School to the Ossining Weir. She also frequently teaches poetry workshops at The Hudson Valley Writers Center.