What a warm and welcoming thrill it was to read for the Triple-A Reading Series this afternoon in Binghamton. Thank you Ralph Pennel for making it all happen, and for the BCAC Artisan Gallery for hosting. And thank you to my awesome fellow readers Jenn Powers and Jen DeGregorio (a Kettle Pond Writers Conference friend from years ago!). And I guess thank you also to this oncoming blizzard for holding off long enough for us to make the drive down and back from Syracuse!
I’m giving a reading at the BCAC Artisan Gallery in Binghamton, NY on January 24, 2026, with Jenn Powers and Jen DeGregorio, as part of their Triple-A Reading Series! Yippee!
Any Southern Tier NY friends out there? Mark yer calendars!
What a joy to spend this morning Zoom-visiting John Howard’s Studies in Nonfiction class, where they have been reading and responding to my lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” published in the Southeast Review. Thank you to John and his students for their insights and generosity!
The Southeast Review has made the entire essay available to read online:
https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/38-2-christopher-citro
Announcing my FALL 2025 creative writing online workshops! Yeah! Registration opened today!
~My 3-week How to Submit Your Creative Writing to Literary Journals on Tuesdays starts Sept 30.
~My 6-week poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” on Wednesdays starts Sept 24.
~My 6-week Intro to the Lyric Essay workshop on Thursdays starts Sept 25
All classes take place 6-8 Pm Eastern Time via Zoom.
See https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/ for more info and to register!
Hey! Dustin Nightingale and I are doing a Zoom reading for the release of our collaborative poetry chapbook that just came out from Ghost City Press! Monday Sept 15 at 7 pm ET. Join us!
Here’s the link to register for the event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sHImUEhHSZmRaL0cokIeNw
Here’s the link to get a free copy of the micro e-chapbook:
https://ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-series/i-wear-a-top-hat-when-i-go-into-the-forest
Here I am reading Charles Wright’s poem “Night Journal” for Read a Little Poetry’s 20th anniversary celebration. Posted today at Read a Little Poetry . ❤️
Last night’s Seneca Review reading, for contributors, editors, and staff, was AMAZING! So much awesome writing and wonderful readers! Just a joy and an inspiration to be a part of it! And the venue, Two Goats Brewing on the picturesque shores of Seneca Lake, was breathtaking. A dynamite view for a reading, under a rising saffron moon.
I’m reading for the Seneca Review tomorrow, Wednesday July 9, alongside a ton of awesome writers! Come join us!
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Seneca Review & Seneca Review Books will be hosting a rapid-fire reading at Two Goats Brewing to showcase several of our recent contributors and newest editors. There will be a prize drawing and giveaway, plus the newest issue and SRB’s full-length titles will be on display, as will some of the readers’ recent publications. Each reader will read original work for 3-5 minutes. Readers include: Donald Revell, Kathryn Cowles, Robert Glick, Danny Schonning, Christopher Citro, Jessica Franken, Michael Flatt, Laura Glenn, Olivia Dunn, Supritha Rajan, Wren Tuatha, Albert Abonado, Elim Pilet, Hazel Brown, Laura Thérien and Geoffrey Babbitt.
And so ends another nourishing, inspiring week teaching at Paul Smith’s College, with the celebration readings at the Forestry Cabin. Kettle Pond Writers’ Conference!?! Ya’ did it again! Thank you everyone for making that week so magical!
A perfect day with Chen Chen, Michael Seidlinger, Andy Tran, my sweetie, and me… Going for a writer’s walk in the woods at Paul Smith’s College: the butterfly tent, the floating bridge, wild orchids, not getting lost or dying of blood loss to mosquitos! More from the Kettle Pond Writers’ Conference at Paul Smith’s College of the Adirondacks!
