Hey writer! Let’s work together!

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Hey all writers everywhere! The deadline for this is tomorrow, July 10! Want a little of that Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing experience? This summer the Institute is offering virtual one-on-one manuscript consultations with some of the regular faculty (including me!). Each session includes a generous review of your work, including line edits, written feedback, and a 40-minute Zoom meeting to discuss your manuscript! The cost is $200. Visit this link to register by July 10. I’d love to see what you’ve been writing!

https://mvicw.submittable.com/submit/166759/mvicw-summer-one-on-one-manuscript-sessions

 

Video of Me Reading My 3 Poems in Smartish Pace 27!

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As part of the celebration of Smartish Pace 27 I made this video of me reading my three poems in the new issue, “The Sky Always Blue Above the Clouds Useless To Us,” “Please Let There Be an Ice Storm This Afternoon” and “Our Breaths Are Weather.” It was May and still snowing here in Syracuse. I hope you enjoy.

Thank you again Stephen Reichert and the rest of the Smartish Pace ensemble for including my poems in this beautiful new issue! 🙂

You can snag yourself a copy of the issue HERE!

I’m Reading Poetry Friday July 3 @ 7 pm Eastern Time via Zoom!

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I’m reading poetry tomorrow night with the wonderful Samantha Ocena (followed by a conversation with the marvelous John Howard) as the closing festivities of this week’s virtual Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, hosted by the Oak Bluffs Public Library. The reading starts at 7 pm Eastern Time. The zoom link is below. Swing on by and join us already!

https://oakbluffs.zoom.us/j/92674393814?pwd=NUx1NWZHeWpaK0wvemJYc1NQSGF6dz09

Reminder: My Free Zoom Creative Nonfiction Class Tomorrow!

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This is just a reminder that I’m teaching a free online creative writing class tomorrow, Wednesday July 1, from 10-12 Eastern Time. It’s a creative nonfiction class on Hermit Crab essays, a kind of lyric essay. They’re fun! No need to register or anything, just use the Zoom link below and join us! It’s part of this week’s virtual 11th year of Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and it’s hosted by the Oak Bluff’s Public Library on Martha’s Vineyard. I can’t take you all out for a cup of chowder afterwards, but we should have a lovely digital time together! 🙂
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Weds July 1: 10am-12: Christopher Citro: Zoom Lyric Essay Writing Workshop:
The Hermit Crab Essay
In this class we’ll explore the hermit crab essay, a hybrid form of the lyric essay which uses the shell of an existing form of writing, such as a recipe or questionnaire, in which to write our own personal essay. We’ll gain an acquaintance with this popular new form of the personal essay, then use prompts to inspire us in our own writing journey. Previous writing experience welcomed but not required. Free and open to all writers.

https://oakbluffs.zoom.us/j/98698055535?pwd=K2NSaU1NYlBqWUtqajg4VnZhNktKdz09

I’m teaching 2 online creative writing classes this summer!

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I’m teaching two 6-week creative writing workshops (poetry & creative nonfiction) this summer via The Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse. Anyone anywhere can sign up to take them cuz online! Yay! Registration is inexpensive and open to the public — you don’t need to be a Y member! To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the summer class schedule with all its awesome class offerings, and register for these workshops, visit the Center’s website HERE. Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
P.S. classes cap at 10 students, so if you are interested, register early! 

I’m teaching & reading online next week – for free!

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This is happening online next week! All free! 🙂 Workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Readings in the evenings! I’m teaching a generative workshop on Hermit Crab Lyric Essays on Wednesday morning, July 1, and I’m giving a reading on Friday July 3 at 7 pm. It’s all free and organized through the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Martha’s Vineyard. Tune in and join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/272428864097682/

My lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” Accepted at Southeast Review!

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Oh my goodness! My lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” has just been accepted at Southeast Review! It’s the second in my series of lyric essays inspired by the 4 fundamental forces of physics–this one being the gravity essay. Now I need to get on the stick and finish the remaining 2 on the strong and weak nuclear reactions… Thank you Dyan Neary and the rest of the CNF staff!

3 Poems in the New Sou’wester!

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What a joy to hold my contributor copy of Sou’wester, which contains my poems “Until the World Cracks in Half,” “Last Bites Mostly Your Own Saliva,” and “Say that Again.” Thank you Poetry Editor Joshua Kryah and the rest of the Sou’wester crew!