Amanda J. Bradley

Amanda J. Bradley has three poetry collections with NYQ Books: Queen Kong, Oz at Night, and Hints and Allegations and has published poems, essays, and fiction widely in literary magazines such as Paterson Literary Review, Best American Poetry Blog, Chiron Review, Pedestal Magazine, Lips, The Account, XChanges, Rattle, The New York Quarterly, and Gargoyle. She has been nominated for a Pushcart and for Best of the Net. Amanda is a graduate of the MFA in Poetry Writing program at The New School, and she holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. In 2026, she became Editor-in-Chief of The New York Quarterly magazine and NYQ Books.