About Amanda

Amanda Rabaduex

is a poet, writer, and college lecturer. She served in the Air Force and taught yoga prior to earning a BA and an MA in English and an MA in Poetry. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. A Pushcart Prize nominated poet, her writing is inspired by nature, pantheism, and existentialism. Her poetry was named a finalist in Two Sylvias Press Chapbook contest and The Comstock Review Chapbook contest. She is a graduate assistant for Etruscan Press, an editorial board member for The Penmen Review, and the poetry editor at River & South Review. Originally from Ohio, she lives near Knoxville, Tennessee.