Author Archives: Christopher

“As If Hurtling” in the Greensboro Review

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I’m super excited to have received my contributor copies of the fall 2015 issue of Greensboro Review – which contains my poem “As If Hurtling” along with poems by favorites such as Glenn Shaheen and Traci Brimhall and lots more great poetry and fiction.

Thanks so much Poetry Editor Mackenzie Connellee and the other Greensboro Review editors and readers!

Hey, Why’d You Do That?

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Here’s an interview with me, published today at Great Writers Steal — as part of their series called “Hey, Why’d You Do That?” — in which I respond to questions about my poem “Nerve Endings Like Strawberry Runners” recently published online at Witness.

The interview includes both the phrase “(certainty + uncertainty)” and my idea of what a poem written for a cat would look like. So, like, you’ve been warned. 🙂

Thanks Ken Nichols!

Audio of my 10/23/2015 reading at the Downtown Writer’s Center available at Talk About Poetry

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I’m delighted to be able to share this audio recording of my poetry reading at The Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse on October 23, 2015. The recording was made by Bob Herz and is released as part of the Talk About Poetry podcast. This recording features poems from my first book, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy, as well as newer work. Thank you so much Bob and thanks again Phil Memmer for inviting me to read!
You can listen on Soundcloud HERE.
You can listen via iTunes HERE.

New South

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I just got my contributor copy of New South, which contains my poem “Wings Like Powerful Versions of Me.”

This is the Adventure Issue — including a choose your own adventure Jeeves and Wooster short story by Matthew David Brozik and Zac Cox’s wild cover art and portfolio of twisted Choose Your Own Adventure book covers.

Thanks so much Hank Backer and the other New South editors!

Poem accepted at Ploughshares

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Friends, I’m here today to share the news that a week ago the good folk at Ploughshares accepted my poem “The People Who Live Near Us Are Our Neighbors.” They wanted a second one too, but sadly I’d withdrawn that one earlier.

I’ve been living in Thrillsville ever since.

Thank you John Skoyles and the other Ploughshares readers and editors!

2 Poems Accepted at The Journal

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I’m jazzed to the nth degree to announce that The Journal has just accepted my two poems “Holding My Head in Both My Hands” and “We Were Doing Fine and Then We Disappeared Peacefully.”

I’ll keep this happy news in mind tomorrow as the snow drops begin to fall here in Syracuse. Sigh…

Thank you so much Mikko Harvey and the other Journal Editors!