Christina Cook

Poet

State College, PA
Pennsylvania US
Email: 
christina.n.cook@gmail.com
Website: 
www.christinacook.us
Twitter/X: 
@summerrequiem

Author's Bio

Christina Cook is the author of A Strange Insomnia (Aldrich Press, 2016), Ricochet (Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press, 2016), and Lake Effect (Finishing Line Press), which won the 2012 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize. Her poems, translations, essays, and book reviews have appeared in numerous journals, including Prairie Schooner, New Ohio Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. She is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at The Pennsylvania State University.

Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:
A Strange Insomnia (Aldrich Press, 2016)
Chapbooks:
Richochet (Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press, 2018)
,
Lake Effect (Finishing Line Press, 2012)
Journals:
ABZ
,
Arsenic Lobster Poetry Journal
,
Baltimore Review
,
Barn Owl Review
,
Bitter Oleander
,
Blood Orange Review
,
Breakwater Review
,
Buckle &
,
Cave Wall
,
Cerise Press
,
Cider Press Review
,
Cimarron Review
,
Conte
,
Crab Orchard Review
,
Diagram
,
Dos Passos Review
,
Fringe Magazine
,
Front Porch Journal
,
Grist: The Journal for Writers
,
Harpur Palate
,
Hayden's Ferry Review
,
inch
,
Interpoezia
,
Lunarosity
,
New Ohio Review
,
Nimrod
,
Other Journal
,
Painted Bride Quarterly
,
Poemeleon
,
Presence
,
qarrtsiluni
,
Silk Road
,
Sojourn
,
Sugar Mule
,
Survivor's Review
,
Crazyhorse
,
Toad The Journal
,
Unbound Press
,
Valparaiso Poetry Review
,
Visions International
Prizes won: 

Christina's chapbook, Lake Effect, (Finishing Line Press, 2012) received the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize from the New England Poetry Club. Two of her poems were nominated for inclusion in the 2011 Best New Poets anthology. She was also a finalist in the 2010 SLS/Fence Magazine Poetry Contest, Black Warrior Review's 2009 Poetry Prize, and the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Jung the Mystic: The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life and Teachings by Gary Lachman

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Hartford
Raised in: 
Old Lyme, CT
Connecticut
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Last update: Jul 09, 2019