It was a delight to have my prompt, “Traveling Toward a Poem,” and my poem “One Light in a Field of Other Lights” used as part of the Syracuse Airport’s POETRY IN FLIGHT poem contest for April. The contest is now closed. On April 16 they posted on twitter this cool gif/video they made from my poem.
MVICW 2021 registration is open!
Registration has just opened for this summer’s virtual Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing June 6-13! It’s gonna be a blast! I’m teaching there along with a bunch of other awesome writers. Come join us! 😀
Thank you New Pages!
Thank you New Pages for featuring my new poetry book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, on today’s installment of their Books Stand’s New & Noteworthy! My book, which won Elixir Press’ Antivenom Poetry Award, is three weeks old today! 😀 Go HERE if you want to buy a signed copy. Copies are also available at Small Press Distribution, Amazon, and at Bookshop.org. 🍋🌞
Join me for a Collaborative Writing Reading/ Discussion May 1!
On May 1st Dustin Nightingale and I will be reading/discussing our poetry collaborations as part of a collaborative writing Zoom event with Aimee Parkison & Carol Guess and hosts Meg Pokrass & Jeff Friedman. We’ve never done a collaborative reading, and we’re really excited about this!
Join us!
Email Meg for the Zoom link at megpokrass(at)gmail(dot)com.
Here’s the Facebook Event page.
My new poetry book is one week old!
My new poetry book is one week old–If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, winner of the Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award! Thank you everyone who has bought a copy! Thank you everyone who has rated and reviewed it on Amazon and Goodreads, everyone who has requested a review copy, everyone who has posted awesome pics of the book in your hands, everyone who has reached out personally to me with kind and gracious words about it. My book and I are purring like kittens on tiny motorcycles.
Buy a signed copy from me HERE!
Buy a copy from Small Press Distribution or Amazon!
Publication Day for my new book If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun!!!
It’s publication day for my second poetry book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, which won the Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award! I’ve got some heartfelt thankin’ to do! Thank you to judge Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis for selecting it to win. Thank you to Dana Curtis for creating such a beautiful object, and to Amanda Friedman for allowing us to use your luminous photograph for the cover. Thank you to my generous blurbers Diane Seuss, Lee Upton, Dean Young, and Ross Gay. Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered copies from Amazon and Small Press Distribution. Thank you to everyone who has ordered signed copies from my website! Thank you to my partner Sarah without whom this book would not exist. And thank you to you all for reading!
First Goodreads reviews for my new book!
Thank you Amanda and MG for my new poetry book’s first Goodreads reviews! Such kind words, a generous gesture, and wonderful help to a book. I really appreciate it! 🍋 🌞😀
2021 MVICW Virtual Summer Writers’ Conference Contest!
As of today, March 31, 2021, there are just five days left to apply to the Writing Contest for this summer’s virtual Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing! I’m the judge of the poetry contest! Send in your poems (or fiction and CNF to be judged by Wendy Rawlings) to maybe win a full or partial fellowship!
You can submit to the contest HERE!
Sending out more signed copies!
Off to post another batch of signed copies of my new book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, winner of the Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award! Huge thank you to everyone who has bought one! If you’d like to order your own signed copy, go HERE.
My new book reviewed at New Pages!
Oh my goodness! My book has just been reviewed at New Pages! Susan Kay Anderson has written such a beautiful, generous, insightful review. I and my book are jumping up and down making little squealing noises. Thank you Susan Kay Anderson and New Pages!
“What Citro does in these poems is make us wonder about our very existence and our inventiveness as humans. … Every title is like a movie title and each poem a small film with you sitting inside a theater, or, are you in the film too?”
You can read the full review HERE