Amanda Chiado holds degrees from the University of New Mexico, California College of the Arts and Grand Canyon University. Her chapbook Prime Cuts is forthcoming from Bottlecap Press and she is the author of Vitiligod: The Ascension of Michael Jackson (Dancing Girl Press). Her work has most recently appeared in Southeast Review, RHINO, The Pinch Journal, The Offing and many others. She is a Community of Writers alum and Highlights Foundation alum. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart & Best of the Net. She is the Director of Arts Education at the San Benito County Arts Council, is a California Poet in the Schools, and edits for Jersey Devil Press.
POETRY: Issue 35