Waking up with a sore throat today was a drag. The beautiful rain was a consolation. Getting my poem “Save the Receipts For a Kind of Diary” accepted at Hayden’s Ferry Review was a great big consolation.
Author Archives: Christopher
I’m Teaching a Poetry Workshop This Fall at The Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse NY
I’m thrilled to be teaching a poetry writing workshop called “The Voices of the Poet” this fall at The Downtown Writer’s Center in sunny Syracuse, NY. If you’re in the area come on down!
The Voices of the Poet with Christopher Citro. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00. 8 weeks, starting October 12. “Each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous,” wrote Frank O’Hara. In this workshop, we’ll use the influential New York School poets as a jumping off point for a focus on effective use of voice in our writing. We’ll use prompts drawn from our readings to help us continue the adventure of creating new poems.
Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the fall class schedule, and register for this workshop, visit the Center’s website HERE. Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
Collaborative Poems & Interview Featured in Wildness Issue 5
Issue 5 of Wildness just hit the web and I’m delighted to share the news that it features three prose poems I’ve written with Dustin Nightingale as well as an interview with us about our collaborative process. There’s new work by such literary wonders as John Taylor, Peter LaBerge, Jess Poli, David Ishaya Osu, Jennifer Perrine and more! Thanks so much Platypus Press, Michelle Tudor, and Peter Barnfather for this beauty!
“Raising the Titanic” & “I Think That Guy Came With a Violin On His Back and Wants To Play a Song” Accepted by elsewhere
As the Perseids begin dropping in earnest around us, I’m delighted to announce that two of the collaborative prose poems I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale – “Raising the Titanic” and “I Think That Guy Came With a Violin On His Back and Wants To Play a Song” – have been accepted by the online journal elsewhere.
“Otherwise Inexplicable Animation to the Forms Above” Accepted at The Collagist
Jumping up and down under the sliver of a moon tonight to share the news that my poem “Otherwise Inexplicable Animation to the Forms Above” has been accepted by the good folks at The Collagist!
Interviewed on The Campbell Conversations on WRVO
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed about contemporary American poetry, prose poetry, and my book The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy (Steel Toe Books, 2015) on The Campbell Conversations on WRVO by Grant Reeher, Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University. In case you missed yesterday’s broadcast, you can stream or download the show HERE. And thanks for listening!
Interviewed for The Campbell Conversations on WRVO
I just spent a delightful lunch hour being interviewed about contemporary American poetry, prose poetry, and my book The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy by Grant Reeher, Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University. My 24-minute interview is scheduled to air this Sunday at 6pm on The Campbell Conversations on the NPR station WRVO Public Media.
You can stream the show HERE when it airs or download a podcast of the episode shortly after.
“I Fear We Have Made a Terrible Mistake” published in Two Peach issue 3
My poem “I Fear We Have Made a Terrible Mistake” – written in collaboration with Dustin Nightingale – has just been published in Two Peach issue 3. This issue features amazing new work by the likes of Peter LaBerge, Sarah Rose Nordgren, Montreux Rotholtz, Amy Lemmon, and more. Thank you to editors Catherine Pond, Julia Anna Morrison, and Daniel Kraines for this thing of beauty.
Click HERE to read the poem.
“Brush Aside the Noise with Locks of Matted Hair” published in The Boiler
The summer issue of The Boiler was released today, and it contains “Brush Aside the Noise with Locks of Matted Hair” – another collaborative prose poem I’ve written with Dustin Nightingale – along with new work by E. Kristin Anderson, Kristina Marie Darling, Darren C. Demaree, Hannah Lee Jones and many more! Thanks so much Sebastián Hasani Páramo and the rest of The Boiler crew!
Click HERE to read our poem.
“Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” Runner-Up for the Brittany Noakes Poetry Award
I’m honored and delighted to share the news that my poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” was selected as Runner-Up for the Brittany Noakes Poetry Award whose entree fees benefit the Live Your Dream Award, sponsored by SI of Rittenhouse Square, PA, for a single mother who has experienced hardships, to help her pursue her education. Click HERE to read (and hear me read) my poem (first published in Rattle Issue 50) along with super-kind words by Shevaun Brannigan and contest judge J.C. Todd. Thanks so much to you both!
