Amy Shimshon-Santo

Dr. Amy Shimshon-Santo is a writer and educator who believes that creativity is a powerful tool for personal and social transformation. She is the author of Catastrophic Molting (Flowersong Press, 2022), Even the Milky Way is Undocumented (Unsolicited Press, 2020), and the chapbook Endless Bowls of Sky (Placeholder Press, 2020). She has been nominated for an Emmy Award, three Pushcart Prizes in poetry and creative nonfiction, a Rainbow Reads Award and Best of the Net in poetry, and earned national recognition on the honor roll of service learning. Her writing appears in Prairie Schooner, ArtPlace America, Zócalo Public Square, Entropy, Tilt West, Boom CA, GeoHumanities; Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice, and elsewhere. She has edited two books amplifying community voices: Et Al (Illinois Open Publishing Network, 2022), and Arts = Education (UC Press, 2010). Her teaching career has spanned research universities, community centers, K-12 schools, arts organizations, and spaces of incarceration.

Connect at www.amyshimshon.com .