Author Archives: Christopher

Announcing my private Zoom-based Winter Writing Workshops!

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Join me for my private Zoom-based winter workshops!

On Wednesdays 6-8 pm ET, I’m offering another session of my popular poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” The title is always the same but the readings, prompts, craft talks are always different, so you can take it again and again! We’ll read very recent poetry, I’ll provide original prompts to help inspire your new poems, we look at craft elements, we’ll workshop your poems. Writers at all levels are welcome! Class begins Jan 31.

On Thursdays 6-8 pm ET, I’m offering my also popular “Introduction to the Lyric Essay.” This workshop will usher you into the wild and fun world of the lyric essay, a popular form of the contemporary experimental creative nonfiction essay. If you are a nonfiction writer wanting to engage with this popular form, this is the class for you! If you are a poet wanting to branch out into a new genre, this is the class for you! If you have never written creative nonfiction before, this is the class for you! Writers at all levels are welcome. Class begins Feb 1.

Registration is now open, and it closes on Sunday January 28.

View class details and register at my website:

https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/

Beautiful Postcard Issue 1 has arrived with my collaborative poem and a host of awesome others!

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Behold Issue 1 of Postcard!! 10 gorgeously illustrated poetry postcards, with a collaborative poem by myself and Dustin Nightingale, alongside Kelli Russell Agodon, Jared Beloff, Lauren Camp, Denise Duhamel, Alban Fischer, Tom Snarsky, Leah Umansky, Donna Vorreyer, & Mary Zhou. Editor David Wojciechowski has made a thing of great beauty, and you can get the complete set for just $20 bucks. And the next submission period begins February 1. What a joy to be a part of this first issue! Thanks again David!
postcardlit dot com 

Join me for a Zoom-based class: History of the Prose Poem: from the 1800s to the Present!

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I’m delighted to announce that I’m teaching History of the Prose Poem: from the 1800s to the Present for The Downtown Writers Center. This inexpensive, 8-week Zoom-based class is open to anyone anywhere (you do not have to be a member of the YMCA to take this class).

We’ll read prose poetry, from its establishment in 1842, through Modernism, the surreal 70s, up to today. This online class features audio and video for a fun session each week, including handouts for further reading and exploration. Intended for both writers and readers who love poetry and wish to gain a deeper experience of this form. No prior knowledge required.

https://www.ymcacny.org/creative-writing-workshops

Verse Daily has featured my poem “Peel the Black Walnut Bark Like Small Fists in Our Fists” today!

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I’m delighted to share that the always wonderful Verse Daily has featured my poem today: “Peel the Black Walnut Bark Like Small Fists in Our Fists.” Thank you to J.P. Dancing Bear and to the Colorado Review for first giving the poem a home. https://www.versedaily.org/2023/peeltheblackwalnutbarklike.shtml

Join me for a weekend of virtual generative poetry workshops April 5-7, 2024 for the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing!

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I am thrilled to announce that I’m teaching a special weekend of virtual generative poetry workshops through the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing April 5-7, 2024! Give yourself the gift of a concentrated weekend of fun writing prompts, with audio, video, & poetic inspiration, all in a welcoming, inspiring environment with an awesome fellow group of poets! We’ll get a bunch of new poems drafts begun! Plus I’ll give a poetry reading and there will be open mics for attendees to share and celebrate their work! Hot damn this is going to be a blast. Register now!

For more info (including info about fellowships) and to register:
https://www.mvicw.com/weekend-seminars

I’m teaching at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing 2024!

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Oh yes!! I am profoundly excited to announce that Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing is back for 2024!!! And I’ll be returning as faculty, teaching seminars in poetry, the lyric essay, and publishing, along with awesome fellow faculty for an inspiring week of creative writing on the island. Come join us for an experience you’ll cherish. Registration is open now!

My poem “Threads Braided and Those Braids Twisted” published in the new Tampa Review!

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A ray of sunlight arrived today with my contributor copy of the new Tampa Review, which has my poem “Threads Braided and Those Braids Twisted.” Such a beautiful volume filled with awesome poetry, fiction, and nonfiction! Thanks so much again Jodi Johnson, Paul Corrigan, Yuly Restrepo Garcés & the whole Tampa Review crew!

My poems “The Body the Fact of It” & “Great the Light Failing Again” published in Diode

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I raise my clogged head from my cold-induced torpor to… CELEBRATE the new issue of Diode which has 2 of my poems: “The Body the Fact of It” & “Great the Light Failing Again” alongside a stellar line-up of awesome poets! Thank you again Patty Paine and everyone who helps make Diode. *cough cough* Where’s the orange juice? *cough cough*
http://diodepoetry.com/citro_christopher-2/