https://amandagersh.com/home daily 1.0 2026-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cd3085e3df2877b464bb63/1522899777110-XVU81WH2W4MO3KQB63S7/ahmed-sobah-393079-unsplash.jpg Amanda Gersh, writer & editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cd3085e3df2877b464bb63/1522961610504-VF3EU9X2PVX3BH3F4RXO/writing-david-clode-431142-unsplash.jpg Amanda Gersh, writer & editor - Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cd3085e3df2877b464bb63/1522903195213-ZVZBODTSZ2Y26KNDC3UP/Amanda+Gersh%2C+Portland%2C+Oregon-based+writer+%26+Editor Amanda Gersh, writer & editor - About Me Once upon a time, I was a child in South Africa. After a nutritious diet of prose, poetry, and musical theater, I attended the University of Cape Town, where I majored in English and French. New York City followed, and an MFA in Fiction at Columbia University. Home is now Portland, Oregon, where the trees are big and the potholes, bigger. My daughter drew this picture of me. As a career freelance writer, I have applied myself to such subjects as abusive dolphins, architecture, motherhood, serious pants, silly twins, and sparkling wine. Editing provides welcome balance. I have several unusual interests, such as Japanese flower arranging, reading books on paper, and not abusing turmeric. My short stories and humor pieces have been published by One Story, Tin House, The Believer, X-R-A-Y, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and elsewhere. I enjoy chewing on a range of projects big and small, bite-size and extra-chunky. 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With a small work-from-home practice, Michael Howells required a website that would put him toe-to-toe with established brick-and-mortar firms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cd3085e3df2877b464bb63/1522962661939-GC73SPPZ4CE6879SAXG2/Copywriting+for+Riunite. Copywriting & Strategy - Riunite Copywriting I worked with agency Grow Creative on this account for Riunite, Italy’s largest wine export. 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