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Amanda N. Butler

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Born

in New England, The United States

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https://amandanbutler.wordpress.com/

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Ebooks

Influences

Emily Dickinson, Anne Bradstreet, Francesca Lia Block

Member Since

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Amanda N. Butler is a poet who occasionally dabbles in fiction. Originally from New England, she moved to a Floridian city where she served as the city’s third Poet Laureate from 2018-2020. She holds a BA in Professional Writing and an MBA in Marketing.

Her poetry has been published with Dancing Girl Press, Frogpond, Scifaikuest, Origami Poems Project, post ghost press, Topical Poetry, streetcake magazine, Poetry Pea, Fly on the Wall Poetry Webzine, Poetry Leaves, Saw Palm: Places to Stand, Spillwords Press, Nightingale & Sparrow, Pink Plastic House, Twist in Time Literary Magazine, Silk + Smoke, Neon Mariposa Magazine, Royal Rose: The Castle, Haikuniverse, rose quartz magazine, Hedgerow, NatureWriting, Word Hoard Press, Nu Lit House, Babe S ...more

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	The Mermarium: A Verse Novel 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writers Resist: The Anthology 2018 by Kit-Bacon Gressitt (Editor), Sara Marchant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maia Antoinette (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	heart: a tiny anthology about the ways we can and do care for each other in increasingly difficult times by Amanda N. Butler (Goodreads Author), Julian Day, Tara Willoughby it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scifaikuest November 2020 by Teri Santitoro (Editor), Guy Belleranti (Contributor), Amanda N. Butler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation

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“Sometimes when people’s faith changes, so must their church.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“And the notion that a single tradition owns the lockbox on truth is laughable, especially when the truth we’re talking is God.”
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message 2: by Amanda

Jul 26, 2016 10:00AM

Kira wrote: "Hey there Amanda! Thanks for the friend request - I recognize you from Twitter and it's nice seeing a familiar face. :)"

Thank you for accepting! I agree! I love Goodreads and Twitter, so I'm glad I can connect both accounts :)

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message 1: by Kira

Jul 25, 2016 12:02PM