Thank you New Pages for featuring my new poetry book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, on today’s installment of their Books Stand’s New & Noteworthy! My book, which won Elixir Press’ Antivenom Poetry Award, is three weeks old today! đ Go HERE if you want to buy a signed copy. Copies are also available at Small Press Distribution, Amazon, and at Bookshop.org. đđ
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. ⌠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
The good folks at New Pages have singled out my poem “Creation Myth” for mention in their new review of Prairie Schooner‘s Fall 2013 Issue (Vol. 83 Issue 3). Here are the kind words that reviewer Kenneth Nichols has to say:
Christopher Citroâs poem âCreation Mythâ includes a number of powerful images. The narrator begins by describing a rural scene: âOvergrown weeds had hidden the car until / the brushfire revealed it. Once the doors cooled, / neighborhood kids came to investigate . . .â The car is occupied by a man and woman in formalwear. Those children receive a potent lesson in a few different kinds of âcreation.â Citroâs poem distinguishes itself with the strength of the imagery and the interesting way in which Citro allows the reader to slide into the perspective of Timmy, one of the children whose understanding of the world is being changed by what he sees.
You can read the rest of the review HERE, along with reviews of current issues of Ploughshares, The MacGuffin,  Green Mountains Review, Indiana Review, Willows Springs, and more.
You can read the whole poem, which Prairie Schooner made available online, HERE.
Thank you Kenneth Nichols and New Pages!
Reviewer Aimee Nicole graciously singled out my prose poem “No, I Will Not Be Your Girlfriend” in her review of NANO Fiction Volume 5 Number 1 published a couple days ago at the wonderful New Pages.
Some stories left lingering thoughts behind that I found myself being reminded of for days after reading. Christopher Citroâs story âNo, I will not be your Girlfriendâ discusses the mirror-like setup of the human body. Everything is either centered (nose, bellybutton, mouth) or placed evenly on each side (arms, legs, nipples). Except the heart, he points out. Apparently when the heart was smack in the middle of our rib cage, it was at a âstructural weak point.â After evolution, the heart now lies securely and safely on the left side of our chest. Citro writes: âIt illustrates the innate ability of the human heart to get out of the way of danger.â
You can read the rest of her review HERE.
You could watch me jumping up and down with joy, if you happened to be in my living room right now, HERE.