Author Archives: Christopher

“An Elephant Walks into a McDonalds” in Boulevard

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I’m elated to announce that my creative nonfiction essay “An Elephant Walks into a McDonalds” has just been published in the fall 2015 issue of Boulevard. This traditional essay is a memoir account of two prison arts outreach experiences I have had: the first in the 1990s at Washington DC’s Lorton Prison as an observer with Living Stage, and the second in the 2000s as a guest poet at a jail outside Lawrence, Kansas.

This is the second essay that I have had published and it’s a thrill to have it appear in Boulevard. Thank you to Jessica Rogen and the other Boulevard Editors!

Honorable Mention in the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Contest

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I’m all atingle to announce that my poem “We Come Here Every Day So You’ve Already Won” has been selected as an Honorable Mention in the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Contest, judged by Andrew Hudgins.

Congratulations to the winner Peter Kline, and the other poets who placed and received honorable mentions, including Allison Joseph, Brian Brodeur, Austin Allen, Zeina Hashem Beck, Heather Altfield.

Thanks to Richard Newman, judge Andrew Hudgins, and the other River Styx Editors!

The Downtown Writer’s Center August Occasion Writing Retreat

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A huge, massive, thundering thank you to Phil Memmer, Georgia Popoff, and to my students and my fellow instructors at The Downtown Writer’s Center August Occasion Writing Retreat last month at the Harding Farm in Clinton, NY. That was an amazing and inspiring day.
This was also the first time I read aloud from my new book, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy. An experience I won’t ever forget.

Semifinalist for the 2015 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize

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I’m delighted to announce that my poem “You Can Keep Your Employee of the Month Award” has been accepted for publication in Crab Creek Review.

It was chosen as one of the semifinalists for the 2015 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize. Congrats to the winner, Laura Read, and the other poems that placed.

Thank you Martha Silano and the other Crab Creek Review editors!