Amy Pajewski

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  • ‘Diversity,’ feminized work, and other truth bombs at ACRL 2017

    Our profession is steeped in a murky racial and gendered history. When Roxane Gay came on stage, the first thing she said to us was “man, there’s a lot of white people in this room.” And, she’s right. Librarianship has been feminized and white ever since Melvil Dewey. You remember, the Dewey decimal system guy?…

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  • After a night of drinking in amarillo

    headlights reach, refract through dual panes of glass. the train siren sings, draws me home.

  • First week

    The train trails time, ebbs as I lie awake, staring at glowing stars stuck to the ceiling by the last tenant.   Sounds call out and I’m out of nouns. It rends sky from Juniper.   Disrupts quotidian life. a resplendent- ness leaves you staggering.

  • Relocating to the Texas Panhandle

    Sunday, June 24th, I will be hitting the road in my 22′ truck en route to the Texas Panhandle. Where is that, you ask? Well, I will be in a little town called Canyon which is about 12 miles south of Amarillo. I accepted a librarian position at West Texas A&M University. [hopefully] My new…

  • Poems published in Curio Poetry (Issue 7)

    This weekend, Curio Poetry published two of my poems in their newest issue! Curio Poetry is a newish journal “that explores the world at a micro-level: tiny spaces, instants, individual objects, scraps of dreams and memories, et cetera.” Joseph Harker and Tessa Racht are editing the magazine, and I am excited to see what direction they lead it next!…

  • George Street Carnival Release Party

    Tonight, at 6:00pm in the Biemsderfer building, I will be reading for the George Street Carnival release party, celebrating the Millersville University literary magazine.  This will be a grand event as the publication has been out of print since 2008, and everyone is invited! When I was a senior undergraduate at Millersville University, I was…