The BIG Poetry Giveway 2013: Winners!

Back in April, I participated in the Big Poetry Giveaway (more about this here) as a way to celebrate National Poetry Month.

The winners were chosen using an online randomizer (random.org, to be exact).  Drumroll…

Daniela Olszewska will receive a copy of Katie Ford’s wonderful book, Deposition.  Jeannine Hall Gailey will receive a signed copy of my second book of poems, The Wishing Tomb.  If you are one of these winners, please contact me with your mailing address so I can send you your book!

Thank you so much to all who entered!  As this was my first year participating, there were a LOT more who entered that I expected.  I look forward to doing this again next year!

The BIG Poetry Giveaway 2013

If you don’t know it already, April is National Poetry Month!  To celebrate NPM, I will be blogging about all things poetry such as ideas for students, NaPoWriMo (God help me), favorite poetry books, and more!  You can read The NPM FAQs from the Academy of American Poets website here.

To kickoff National Poetry Month 2013, I’m following the lovely poet Bernadette Geyer’s lead and participating in the Big Poetry Giveaway!

 

Let the BIG Poetry Giveaway 2013 begin!

 

Details: The Big Poetry Giveaway is a giveaway of free poetry books, one of our own and one of our favorite poetry books.  More details and how to participate can be found on the poet Susan Rich’s blog here.

I’ll be giving away one signed copy of my newest book, The Wishing Tomb, which was awarded the 2012 Perugia Press Award.  Patricia Smith of this book, “in these textured, deftly-crafted stanzas, Amanda Auchter romances the grit, the rampant spice, the twang, the mystery, the brick, the swelter, and the insistent hallelujah conjured by the Crescent City. This sparkling, defiant love story pays tribute to NOLA on the upswing, while remembering how often it has teetered on the edge of descent.”

 

 

I will also give away a copy of one of my favorite books of poetry of all time, Katie Ford’s first collection, Deposition.   Jorie Graham writes that, “Here is a poetry of witnessing—theological, emotional, intellectual—a private end to a century’s horrors, a reminder that not all things begin again, and that from some reaches of experience instruction shines far less than the beauty of the survivor’s report.”  This book was a great inspiration in the writing of my first book, The Glass Crib, and is something I return to again and again.

 

Graywolf Press, 2002

 

To Enter:  leave your name in the COMMENT section of this post and I’ll choose a winner for each book on May 1st or 2nd.  In your comment, please include your first name and email (or some way to get in touch with you).  The giveaway ends April 30th, 2013 at midnight.  Happy Poetry Month!

The Wishing Tomb Giveaway!

Love New Orleans? Love poetry? Enter to win a signed copy of my just-released second book, The Wishing Tomb, which just won the 2012 Perugia Press Award!  Enter at Goodreads:

 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Wishing Tomb

by Amanda Auchter

Giveaway ends October 01, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Here’s what people are saying about The Wishing Tomb:

“In these textured, deftly-crafted stanzas, Amanda Auchter romances the grit, the rampant spice, the twang, the mystery, the brick, the swelter, and the insistent hallelujah conjured by the Crescent City. This sparkling, defiant love story pays tribute to NOLA on the upswing, while remembering how often it has teetered on the edge of descent.”  — Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler

“You need to read this book because it is wholly American in its focus and devotion.  You need to read this book because Auchter has created something whole, complete, and compelling.  You need to read this book so you look beneath  the surface of New Orleans with rich and daring language taking you by the hand  and leading the way.  The Wishing Tomb will not—cannot disappoint.” —Justin Evans, Name This Place

Get your copy here!

The Glass Crib Book Giveaway!

I’m giving away TWO signed copies of my first book, The Glass Crib, over on Goodreads, to celebrate the launch of my second book, The Wishing Tomb!  The entry ends on August 1, 2012, so enter now!

 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Glass Crib

by Amanda Auchter

Giveaway ends August 01, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win