Creative Nonfiction Accepted at Boulevard

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Christopher

I’m excited to share the news that my nonfiction essay “An Elephant Walks Into a McDonalds” has been accepted for publication in Boulevard.

The essay is a memoir account of two prison arts outreach experiences I have had. The first was in the 1990s at Washington DC’s Lorton Prison as an observer with Living Stage, and the second was in the 2000s as a guest poet at a jail outside Lawrence, Kansas.

This is the second personal essay I have had accepted for publication. The first one, “Go Away and Stay Right Here,” was published last year in Colorado Review. You can purchase a paper copy of that Spring 2014 issue for $10 or a pdf for $5 HERE.

Thank you Jessica Rogen and Boulevard!

Salt Hill

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Christopher

My poem “You’re Welcome To the Rest” has been accepted to appear in Salt Hill 34.

Thank you Salt Hill editors!

Barrow Street

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Christopher

My poem “Nobody Is Ever Missing” has been accepted to appear in the next issue of Barrow Street. Thank you Barrow Street Editors!

The title of my poem was taken from the last line of John Berryman’s “Dream Song 29.” You can watch a video of him reading his poem HERE.

Another Chicago Magazine

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Christopher

Two collaborative prose poems written with Dustin Nightingale, “The Automatic Door Will Open Even For You” and “Over and Over Until We Actually Die, Which Is Tomorrow Eventually,” have been accepted at Another Chicago Magazine.

Thank you David Welch and the other ACM editors!

Best New Poets 2014

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Christopher

My unpublished poem “Gathering a Few Facts” has been chosen to appear in the Best New Poets 2014 anthology, guest edited by Dorianne Laux.

The anthology comes out this November. You can see a list of the 50 poets/poems chosen HERE.

A facebook announcement with pictures of the poets is HERE.

I am honored and seriously excited by this happy news. Thanks so much BNP editors, Jazzy Danziger and Dorianne Laux!

The Chattahoochee Review

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Christopher

Two collaborative prose poems, written with Dustin Nightingale, have been accepted at The Chattahoochee Review. Thank you editors Michael Diebert and Lydia Ship!

Inter|rupture

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Christopher

“The Weight of Everything,” a prose poem written in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale, has just been accepted for publication in Inter|rupture. Thank you Curtis Perdue and Katherine Factor!

Above image from the June 2014 issue. Art by Henrique Lima.

The Pinch

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Christopher

My poem “Even The Best of Us Are Generally Waiting” has been accepted for publication by The Pinch.

Thank you Pinch editors!

The Rappahannock Review

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Christopher

My poem “A Raising” has been accepted for the August 2014 issue of the Rappahannock Review. This online literary journal is published by the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

If you’re not familiar with this journal, check out the essay Justice by Alyce Miller, one of my former instructors at Indiana University, in the inaugural issue.

Thanks Eric Turner, Moira McAvoy and the other Rappahannock Review editors!

Whiskey Island

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Christopher

Two prose poems written in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale have just been accepted for publication in Whiskey Island.

We’ve been working hard at this ongoing series of collaborative prose poems — emails bouncing back and forth between Fargo, North Dakota and Syracuse, NY — and it’s fantastic to see them finding homes in journals as wonderful as Whiskey Island.

Thank you Whiskey Island editors! Huzzah!

Christopher Citro

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