Biography

Amanda Ngoho Reavey (MFA) an interdisciplinary artist, and an Emerita Poetry Fellow at Black Earth Institute. Her debut book, Marilyn (The Operating System, 2015), won the 2017 Best Book Award in Poetry from the Association for Asian American Studies. Her work has appeared in About Place Journal, Petrichor, and Bramble, among others. Amanda earned her MFA from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and is currently pursuing her MSW at Concordia University-Wisconsin. She is also the Co-Vice President of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and the founder and co-host of Tabi Po Poetry.