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! š šš
First Goodreads reviews for my new book!
Author Archives: Christopher
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 Weād 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. ā¦ 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
It’s Blurb Wednesday! Today it’s Ross Gay!
It’s Ross Gay for the final Blurb Wednesday! We’ve had the awesome Diane Seuss, the awesome Lee Upton, and the awesome Dean Young, today it’s the awesome Ross Gay! Yes! Words cannot express how grateful I am that these wonderful poets took time out to read my new poetry book and say such generous things about it. Here’s what Ross Gay wrote:
<< Reading Christopher Citroās If We Had a Lemon Weād Throw It and Call That the Sun is like taking a meandering stroll with your weird, brilliant, soulful friend who points out a zillion things you never noticed even though youāve been down this back alley a thousand times. The utterly familiar, quotidian landscapes of Citroās poems–in the garden, in the kitchen or living room, at work–are revealed to be not only quirky or funny or bizarre (though often those things too), but truly mysterious. Quiet repositories of all the questions. How lucky we are for such loving, rigorous, and luminous vision. How lucky we are, I mean, for Christopher Citroās beautiful work.>>
If you want a signed copy of my book right now, go HERE, and I’ll get it to you pronto!
It’s also in stock now at Small Press Distribution and Amazon!
Want a signed copy of my new poetry book?
Another box of books arrived today! If you’d like a signed copy, use this link: https://checkout.square.site/buy/T2GSZQN2ZYSFOIN4FVAYAF5J
Join us on the virtual vineyard this summer!
There are about two weeks 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!
The critic weighs in…
With a week until my second poetry book is officially released, seems like a good idea to do a new draft of my next poetry book manuscript. My cat is obviously impressed.
Review copies available!
I have review 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 and released April 1. If you’re a reviewer and would like to request a review copy, email me at christopher AT christophercitro DOT com! (Cat not included.)
My new poetry book is available!
Howdy! Just a little reminder that you can pre-order my new poetry book from AmazonĀ andĀ Small Press DistributionĀ (it’s in stock both places). And you can buy a signed copy directly from meĀ HERE, and I’ll get it to you pronto.Ā If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, winner of the Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award, published April 1.