This July 4th weekend I appeared on WRVO’s Campbell Conversations reading poems from the manuscript-in-progress of my 3rd book. The stream is now available, and you also get to hear the wonderful Dana Spiotta and Phil Memmer. Have a listen! Huge thank you to host Grant Reeher for having me back on the program.
What a delightful and heartfelt Zoom reading tonight at Uncloistered Poetry! Thanks again to Jonie McIntire for inviting me! It was such a pleasure to be a featured reader along with Aleathia Drehmer and Rick C. Christiansen and to hear all the open mic poets read after. Warmed me up on this chilly Syracuse night.
“Smell of Wet Earth Like the Inside of My Hands”
Poem & Video by Christopher Citro
Music by Brian Citro
I’m delighted to share this first poem video from a new poetry & music video project I’m doing with my nephew Brian. Hope you enjoy it! (It’s posted to my YouTube.)
Brian Citro has been playing and writing music on guitar for 30 years. A long-time member of The Drastics, he’s performed and toured with JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub! and others. With Charles Gorczynski, Nate Lepine and Quin Kirchner he made music as Salamander and Video Gum Culture. Brian is also an international human rights lawyer and has lived, travelled and played music in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Christopher Citro is the author of If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun (Elixir Press, 2021), winner of the 2019 Antivenom Poetry Award, and The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy (Steel Toe Books, 2015). His awards include a 2018 Pushcart Prize for Poetry. He lives in Syracuse, New York.
Poem from If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun (Elixir Press, 2021)
Wow! What a total delight reciting my poems for WPBS Watertown this afternoon! Huge heartfelt thanks to Joleene, Ryan, Leah, and my buddy Big Bird!!! I’m thrilled to be able to share these readings with everyone when they air!
The video of last month’s awesome inspiring poetry & fiction reading has been posted on YouTube for your delight and delectation! Please enjoy this reading Ae Hee Lee, yours truly, and Chaya Bhuvaneswar for the Sundress Reading Series!
The video of last week’s awesome inspiring poetry reading has been posted on YouTube for your delight and delectation! Please enjoy this reading by Mary Biddinger, yours truly Christopher Citro, Noah Falck, Jessica Q. Stark, and Issam Zineh for the David Has Zoom Pro For a Few Months Reading Series!
I’m reading poems from my new book on December 29 with the awesome Ae Hee Lee and Chaya Bhuvaneswar! Come join us for some pre-New Year’s literary festivities, thanks to the Sundress Reading Series!
Join us at http://tiny.utk.edu/sundress (password: safta).
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be Zoom-reading poetry Fri Dec 10 along with the awesome Mary Biddinger, Noah Falck, Jessica Q. Stark & Issam Zineh for the David Has Zoom Pro For a Few Months Reading Series! Join us!
Register for the reading here: https://bit.ly/3DTsp2J
On this 7 month birthday of my new poetry book, I’m delighted to receive the news that I’ll be reading from it for the awesome Sundress Reading Series, probably in December 2021–I’ll post more info as the date nears. Thanks so much to Erin Elizabeth Smith and the Sundress crew. I’m thrilled to read as part of this awesome reading series!
I’m giving a poetry reading this Wednesday June 30, 4:30-5:30 EDT, for the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Martha’s Vineyard! Register for the free zoom link via the email address in the poster. I’ll be reading from my new poetry book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun. Come on by!
More info HERE.