Amy Ash

Poet

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana US

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Author's Bio

Amy Ash is the author of The Open Mouth of the Vase, winner of the Cider Press Review Book Award and the Etchings Press Whirling Prize post-publication book award. Her poems, prose, and collaborative work have been published in various journals and anthologies including The Journal, Ninth Letter, River Heron Reviw, SWWIM Every Day, Rogue Agent, and Erase the Patriarchy. After directing the Creative Writing program at Indiana State University for several years, she now serves as Interim Chairperson of the Department of English at ISU.

Education:

University of Kansas PhD

Publications & Prizes

Book:

The Open Mouth of the Vase (Cider Press Review, 2015)

Prizes won:

Cider Press Review Book Award, The Open Mouth of the Vase

Etchings Press Whirling Prize (post-publication book award), The Open Mouth of the Vase

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Refusal by Jenny Molberg, A Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib, Tsunami Vs. the Fukushima 50 by Lee Ann Roripaugh, Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky, Oceanic by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Erie, PA

Pennsylvania

Raised in:

Hillsboro, OH

Ohio

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Last update: Aug 28, 2025