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Amy Victoria Blakemore

Amy Victoria Blakemore is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where she received an Academy of American Poetry Prize. Her writing appears in Susquehanna Review and Cleaver Magazine. She currently works in Boston, Massachusetts.

2014 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize

Fall 2014

Previously, Sparrows

By Amy Victoria Blakemore

After every argument, we make a shopping list. Eggs, soy milk, cucumbers, rye. Cookie dough, salmon pinwheels, vegan cheese (she’s lactose intolerant). Dollar Store DVDs, packs of socks. Maybe, previously, […]

Amy Victoria Blakemore

Amy Victoria Blakemore is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where she received an Academy of American Poetry Prize. Her writing appears in Susquehanna Review and Cleaver Magazine. She […]