My Lyric Essay “Licked by Our World We Get Licked by Our World” Accepted by the Bellingham Review

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I’m thrilled to share the news that my lyric essay “Licked by Our World We Get Licked by Our World” has been accepted by the Bellingham Review. I’ve long loved this literary journal and their commitment to lyric and hybrid essays. It’s such a delight that they’ll be publishing this essay.
It’s the last of my four essays inspired by the four classical elements to have found a home–this is my water essay and touches on Jaws, Altered States, fishing, drowning, the Bermuda Triangle, etc. Now I need to finish the last two essays of my following series based on the four fundamental forces in physics. I’m currently knee deep in the Strong Force and have to find a 4000 word essay inside the *gulp* 14,000 words of rough draft I’ve so far spun.

“As if it Didn’t Need Me” Published in DIAGRAM

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Now that the best holiday of the year is over, we have to find things to keep ourselves occupied. Maybe this will help. My poem “As If It Didn’t Need Me” has just been published in the new issue of DIAGRAM. Thank you to the always amazing Ander Monson, Rafael Gonzalez, and the rest of the DIAGRAM crew! Check out the whole wonderful issue 19.5 for your post-Halloween good times!

Read my poem HERE.

3 Collaborative Prose Poems Just Published in Bear Review

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Three prose poems from my collaborative project with Dustin Nightingale have just been published online in the new issue of Bear Review. Thank you to editors Marcus Myers, Ruth Williams, Haines Eason, and Andrew Reeves for giving a home to “Where There Are No People for No Music I Hear Music” “The Scraping of So Much All Our Breaths” and “Isn’t This Nice the Way We Stay Awake.”

Read the poems HERE.

“Calling for One Another When We’re Right There” in The Cortland Review

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I’m thrilled to have my poem “Calling for One Another When We’re Right There” appear in the new issue of The Cortland Review just published…including audio of me reading the poem. These good folks were kind enough to have published my poem “Help! I’m Floating!” in issue 46 way back in 2010. Thank you Christian Gullette and the rest of the Cortland Review crew.

Read/listen to the new poem HERE!

“It’s Something People in Love Do” and “Sick of Sick” Accepted for the anthology Show Us Your Papers

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Delighted to receive the news that my poems “It’s Something People in Love Do” and “Sick of Sick” will appear in the anthology Show Us Your Papers forthcoming from Main Street Rag. Thank you editors Wendy Scott Paff, Daniela Buccilli, and Cherise A. Pollard!
P.S. submissions are open until the end of August!

I’m Teaching a Poetry Workshop This Autumn at The Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse, NY

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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching an 8-week poetry writing workshop called “Place and Poetic Practice” starting October 2, 2019 at The Downtown Writer’s Center in sunny Syracuse, NY.

Place and Poetic Practice with Christopher Citro. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00. 8 weeks, starting October 2. In this workshop we’ll discuss poetry that incorporates a sense of place to enchant and challenge the reader. We’ll use prompts and exercises drawn from our readings to inspire new writing. Required text: The Poem’s Country: Place & Poetic Practice, edited by Shara Lessley and Bruce Snider (Pleiades Press, 2018).

Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the winter class schedule, and register for this workshop, visit the Center’s website HERE. Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!