Amanda Gaines is a Ph.D. candidate in CNF in OSU’s creative writing program. She was the nonfiction editor of Into the Void from 2012 to 2021. Her poetry and nonfiction are published or awaiting publication in Typehouse, Pithead Chapel, The Citron Review, Yemassee, Redivider, New Orleans Review, Southeast Review, The Southern Review, Juked, Sweet, Rattle, New South, JMWW, and Ninth Letter.
Stories in Smokelong Quarterly
Story:
When a Man You Met Online Suggests You Visit a Lake
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors with Amanda Gaines
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