What a thrill! I just reviewed proofs of an interview with me–about my second poetry book–which will appear in Rain Taxi. Rain Taxi!?! I could not be more delighted. Thank you Christopher Carter Sanderson for your wonderful questions and conversation. I’m excited to be able to share this with everyone when it’s published.
Author Archives: Christopher
Last month’s Sundress reading now up on the YouTube!
The video of last month’s awesome inspiring poetry & fiction reading has been posted on YouTube for your delight and delectation! Please enjoy this reading Ae Hee Lee, yours truly, and Chaya Bhuvaneswar for the Sundress Reading Series!
I’m Teaching a Lyric Essay Workshop This Winter Online via The Downtown Writers Center!
I’m teaching an online 8-session (Weds 6-8:00 pm ET) creative nonfiction class on the lyric essay starting January 26 for the Downtown Writers Center. Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. You can register with a credit card by calling (315) 474-6851 x380.
To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center and download the winter class schedule, with all of their awesome class offerings, visit the Center’s website: https://ymcacny.org/creative-writing-workshops.
Last week’s poetry reading now up on YouTube!
The video of last week’s awesome inspiring poetry reading has been posted on YouTube for your delight and delectation! Please enjoy this reading by Mary Biddinger, yours truly Christopher Citro, Noah Falck, Jessica Q. Stark, and Issam Zineh for the David Has Zoom Pro For a Few Months Reading Series!
I’m zoom-reading my poetry December 29!
I’m reading poems from my new book on December 29 with the awesome Ae Hee Lee and Chaya Bhuvaneswar! Come join us for some pre-New Year’s literary festivities, thanks to the Sundress Reading Series!
Join us at http://tiny.utk.edu/sundress (password: safta).
My poem “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Rest of Your Life” published today online in the Los Angeles Review!
Folks! My poem “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Rest of Your Life” has just been published online at The Los Angeles Review!!! Huge thanks to Blas Falconer and Vandana Khanna!!!
Read the poem HERE!
“Look! Fruit!” accepted at Bat City Review!
What a delight to learn that the awesome Bat City Review has accepted “Look! Fruit!” a collaborative prose poem that I wrote with Dustin Nightingale. Huge thanks to Poetry Editor Luci Arbus-Scandiffio and the rest of the Bat City Review crew!
I’m Zoom reading Friday December 10!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be Zoom-reading poetry Fri Dec 10 along with the awesome Mary Biddinger, Noah Falck, Jessica Q. Stark & Issam Zineh for the David Has Zoom Pro For a Few Months Reading Series! Join us!
Register for the reading here: https://bit.ly/3DTsp2J
I’m teaching “How to submit your creative writing to literary journals” Thu 11/18
I’m teaching a Zoom class on how to submit your creative writing to literary journals (basically the basics), hosted by the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Martha’s Vineyard this Thursday 4:30 – 6pm. This is free and open to the public! You can get the zoom link and further info on the library’s events calendar: https://oakbluffslibrary.org/event/how-to-submit-to-literary-journals-webinar/
My essay “Licked By Our World We Get Licked By Our World” has been published in the Bellingham Review!
My lyric essay “Licked By Our World We Get Licked By Our World” just got published in the new online issue of Bellingham Review! I’m so excited to share this with you all. This is the final essay in my Four Classical Elements series. It’s the water essay, and includes 4000 words on the times I almost drowned, life in the deepest oceans, collecting water from famous places, fish I have known, a diary entry from when I was 15, Altered States, Jaws, Howie Mandel, Close Encounters of the Third Kind…just to name a few. A thousand thanks to all the great folks at Bellingham Review, including B. Woods, Suzanne Paola, and Caity Scott!
Read it HERE!