Someone posted the Broadsided broadside of my poem “Stop Doing That,” illustrated by Amy Meissner, on the door to the MFA office at UMass Boston.
If I could hug them, I surely would.
Author Archives: Christopher
Lyric Essay in Colorado Review
I’ve just received my contributor’s copy of the spring 2014 issue of the Colorado Review which contains my first published full-length creative nonfiction essay, “Go Away and Stay Right Here.” It’s a lyric essay on the subject of electricity, among other things.
There’s a ton of great poetry, fiction and nonfiction in the issue, including poems by the likes of Gale Marie Thompson, Doug Ramspeck, Christina Pugh, James Longenbach, Colette Inez and Lindsey Alexander.
You can order a print copy for $10 HERE or a digital copy for $5 HERE.
I’m proud as all get-out to be in this gorgeous issue. Thanks Stephanie G’Schwind and the other CR editors!
The Rappahannock Review
My poem “A Raising” has been accepted for the August 2014 issue of the Rappahannock Review. This online literary journal is published by the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
If you’re not familiar with this journal, check out the essay Justice by Alyce Miller, one of my former instructors at Indiana University, in the inaugural issue.
Thanks Eric Turner, Moira McAvoy and the other Rappahannock Review editors!
Whiskey Island
Two prose poems written in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale have just been accepted for publication in Whiskey Island.
We’ve been working hard at this ongoing series of collaborative prose poems — emails bouncing back and forth between Fargo, North Dakota and Syracuse, NY — and it’s fantastic to see them finding homes in journals as wonderful as Whiskey Island.
Thank you Whiskey Island editors! Huzzah!
Gay Head Lighthouse Poetry Project
Five of my poems have just been selected to appear in the Gay Head Lighthouse Poetry Project, an anthology to help raise money for the preservation of Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard. This historic lighthouse is in danger of falling into the sea due to erosion and funds are being raised in many ways to move it to a place of safety. You can find more info about the preservation project HERE.
If you’ve never been fortunate enough to see this lighthouse in person, chances are you’ve seen it on film, in this scene from Jaws:
Ninth Letter
My prose poem “The Nearness of You” has been accepted by Ninth Letter for their spring 2014 issue.
To celebrate this fabulous news, here’s Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians!
Toad Suck Review
Five prose poems that I wrote in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale have just been published in issue #4 of the Toad Suck Review from the University of Central Arkansas.
Other poems from this ongoing series have been published in recent issues of Beecher’s and Yemassee.
Thank you Toad Suck editors!
Marie Alexander Flash Sequence Anthology
I am pleased to announce that five prose poems from my ongoing sequence “The Little Book of Monsters” have been accepted to appear in the Marie Alexander Flash Sequence Anthology forthcoming from The Marie Alexander Poetry Series.
Thank you editors!
Boo.
“Sword Swallowers in Transition” at the minnesota review blog
My poem “Sword Swallowers in Transition,” which was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the minnesota review, has just been posted on their blog.
You can read the poem in its entirety HERE.
Thanks minnesota review!
The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy Has Been Accepted!
I am overjoyed, over-the-moon, overwhelmed and quite frickin’ excited to announce that my first poetry book manuscript, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy, has been selected for publication by Steel Toe Books, an independent poetry press founded in 2003, directed by Tom C. Hunley and associated with Western Kentucky University.
I love this press and I’m so excited that they’ll be publishing my book, which is scheduled to appear in the first quarter of 2015.
It is indeed a Happy New Year!
[Author photo above looking a bit pensive with an early version of the manuscript taped up on my office wall, wondering if it would ever find a home…]