“An Elephant Walks into a McDonalds” in Boulevard

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Christopher

I’m elated to announce that my creative nonfiction essay “An Elephant Walks into a McDonalds” has just been published in the fall 2015 issue of Boulevard. This traditional essay is a memoir account of two prison arts outreach experiences I have had: the first in the 1990s at Washington DC’s Lorton Prison as an observer with Living Stage, and the second in the 2000s as a guest poet at a jail outside Lawrence, Kansas.

This is the second essay that I have had published and it’s a thrill to have it appear in Boulevard. Thank you to Jessica Rogen and the other Boulevard Editors!

Souvenir

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Christopher

Three prose poems from a series I’ve been writing in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale have been published in the new issue of Souvenir. Thank you Keegan Lester!

Read the poems HERE.

Witness Magazine

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Christopher

My poem “Nerve Endings Like Strawberry Runners” has just been published today in the Summer 2015 online issue of Witness Magazine. Thank you Olivia Clare, Joseph Langdon, and the other Witness editors!

Read the poem HERE.

2 Collaborations in Jam Tarts 1.5

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Christopher

Jam Tarts #1.5 has just been published and it contains two of the collaborative prose poems I’ve been writing with the poet Dustin Nightingale: “There, There” and “Eventually I Grew Up.” Check out the poems, and the rest of the issue,HERE!

Poem published in Booth

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Christopher

My poem “Go On Take Another Little Piece of My Heart,” which was shortlisted for the 2015 Booth Poetry Prize, has been published online today at Booth. Thank you Robert Stapleton, Chris Speckman and the other BoothEditors!

You can read the poem HERE.

5th Appearance on Verse Daily

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Christopher

My poem “A Theme Song That Never Gets Old” was the featured poem online at Verse Daily on June 11. This poem was originally published by Kill Author, and it appears in my book The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy, which is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble Online.
Click HERE to read the poem.

Poetry Competition Winner at Columbia Journal

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Christopher

Today I received my contributor’s copy of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art issue 53 which includes my poem, “So That’s What an Invisible Barrier Looks Like.”

This poem was selected by judge Beth Ann Fennelly as the winner of the 2015 Poetry Competition. Thanks so much again to the readers, to Carlie Hoffman (Poetry Editor) and to Beth Ann Fennelly!

Salt Hill

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Christopher

I just received my contributor’s copies of Salt Hill 34, which contains my poem “You’re Welcome To the Rest.” Thanks so much Patrick Dundon, Jessica Poli and the other Salt Hill Editors!

The Hollins Critic

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Christopher

Today I received my contributor’s copies of The Hollins Critic, Vol. LII, No. I which contains my poem “Mostly It’s Me Taking” along with poetry by Richard Kostelantz and William Ford. This issue continues their survey of the work of Seymour Krim and reviews of recent books by Tarfia Faizullah, Judith Claire Mitchell, and Julie Marie Wade.

You can submit/subscribe here.

Thank you Cathryn Hankla and the other Hollins Critic editors!

My book is now available: The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy by Christopher Citro

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Christopher

My first book of poetry, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy by Christopher Citro, has just been published by Steel Toe Books, an independent press affiliated with Western Kentucky University. The price is $12 plus shipping and handling.

You can order today from Amazon and Barnes & Noble Online.

Visit my website to read sample poems and blurbs about the book from poets Amy Gerstler, Catherine Bowman, Maurice Manning and Erika Meitner.

Bookstores and educators can contact the publisher directly for information on discounts and ordering in bulk.