When the two are released from the hospital, Whimsy discovers that Faerry’s family recently moved to her neighborhood. Although her grandmother taught the young conjurer that “Fairy Tales are real, / magic is real,” she also offered a warning: “Careful, Whimsy, / sometimes your own mind will unroot you.” When a green-haired boy named Faerry is admitted to the hospital, Whimsy instantly identifies him as Fae. Her newest novel-in-verse, We Are All So Good At Smiling, comes out in early 2023.In her second novel in verse, National Book Award finalist Amber McBride blurs the lines between fantasy and reality.Įighteen-year-old Whimsy has been hospitalized for the 11th time in 10 years. She moved to the Charlottesville area in 2018 and loves calling Albemarle County home. Originally from everywhere, Amber was born in Heidelberg, Germany and spent the first 18 years of her life living in several different states. Her poetry has appeared in various literary magazines including Ploughshares, Provincetown Arts, DecomP, The Cincinnati Review, The Rumpus and others.
It’s an exquisite and uplifting novel about identity, first love, and the ways that our memories and our roots steer us through the universe.Īmber is also a poet. Her debut YA novel-in-verse, Me (Moth), is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family, and a teen boy who crosses her path.
She has also taught English Composition, English Literature and Poetry Composition at James Madison University, Strayer University and Northern Virginia Community College.Īmber is the former media assistant at The Furious Flower Poetry Center where she worked putting together programs and readings to honor African American poets and writers including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Nikki Giovanni. She received her BA in English from James Madison University in 2010 and acquired her MFA in Poetry from Emerson College in 2012. Amber McBride is currently an assistant professor at the University of Virginia.
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