Author Archives: Christopher

I’m Teaching a Seminar on the History of the Prose Poem This Spring Online via The Downtown Writers Center!

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I’m teaching an online 8-session (Thurs 6-8:00 pm ET) seminar on the history of the prose poem starting starting April 20 for the Downtown Writers Center. I believe this is the final week to register, so don’t delay if you’re interested. Join me Thursday evenings for a fun, inspiring tour of the prose poem from its start to the present day. Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. You can register with a credit card by calling (315) 474-6851 x380.

To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center and download the spring class schedule, with all of their awesome class offerings, visit the Center’s website: https://ymcacny.org/creative-writing-workshops.

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Announcing my Spring 2023 private Zoom workshops!

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Announcing my 2 private Spring Zoom workshops starting in April: my poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” & my creative nonfiction workshop “Adventures in The Lyric Essay.”

Both classes have all new readings and materials each time I teach them.

Heat up your writing this spring! Join us! 😀

Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/.

Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀

Video of a Zoom Reading by Sarah Ruhlen, Christopher Citro, and Steve Castro – March 5, 2023

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Here’s a video of me, Christopher Citro, and Sarah Ruhlen and Steve Castro doing a living room Zoom reading from Sunday March 5, 2023. Sarah Ruhlen reads her short story “Shepherds Take Warning” first published in Waccamaw. I read poems from my second book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun (Elixir Press, 2021), along with newer poems. And Steve Castro reads poems from his book Blue Whale Phenomena (Otis Books, 2019) along with newer poems. Hope you enjoy it!

Video of Steve Castro and me reading our poems in Spanish & English for Syracuse Stage’s Poetry + Play

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Howdy! Here’s a video of me and Steve Castro reading our poems for last Sunday’s Poetry + Play event at Syracuse Stage. Steve reads his poems in Spanish and I read his English translations of them. Then I read my poems in English and Steve reads his original translations of them into Spanish. This event was part of an afternoon of poetry in English and Spanish before the final performance of Espejos: Clean, a play by Christine Quintana performed at Syracuse Stage in Syracuse, New York on March 5, 2023.

“Like a Fist Next to Your Heart” just published in New South!

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The new digital issue of New South 14.2 just arrived and it contains “Like a Fist Next to Your Heart” a collaborative prose poem I wrote with Dustin Nightingale! Along with tons of awesome poetry, fiction and nonfiction! Huge thanks to Anna Sandy-Elrod and the whole New South crew!

Print issues will be coming out soon, but right now you can see the whole issue online!

Steve Castro and I are doing a Zoom reading March 5 at 7pm!

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Poet Steve Castro, author of Blue Whale Phenomena (Otis Books, 2019), and I are giving a Zoom poetry reading on Sunday March 5, 2023 at 7 pm ET. We haven’t seen each other in person for over a decade. He’s in town to read in person with me at Syracuse Stage earlier in the day, but since only folks around here will be able to attend that in-person reading, we thought we’d also read on Zoom later that day! Come join us!

Registration in advance is required. It’s free and simple! All you need is your name and an email address! Use the QR code above or visit the registrations link here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrcuitrDwiGta6iaHRL5Q3YZlFXsl3CXJL

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

I’m reading in person at Syracuse Stage March 5!

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Central New York friends! I’m giving an in-person poetry reading this Sunday March 5 @ 12:30 at Syracuse Stage. I’ll be reading my poetry in English and Steve Castro will read his original translations of them in Spanish! Steve will be reading his original poetry in Spanish and English. Plus there are other readers in this jam packed afternoon of poetry in English and Spanish! The reading is free and open to the public.

This event occurs prior to the matinee performance of the play Espejos: Clean, but you do not have to have a ticket to the play right in order to attend the poetry reading. You can come for just the reading…or enjoy the reading and get tickets to the play! Yes yes!