Amy Bracken Sparks is an award-winning poet living on one of the Great Lakes. She's the author of the full-length collection Serious Red and the limited-edition book Queen of Cups, and has had poems in various online and other journals, including American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Harpur Palate, and more. She's currently a poetry editor for Barn Owl Review. She holds an MFA from Kent State University, an MA from Ohio University, and a BA from Wittenberg University. She's received two Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Awards, and a residency at Headlands Center for the Arts in California. ​A former art and film critic and columnist, she is now a museum worker. ​



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