Cindy Benabderrahman

Poet

Amsterdam, OH
Ohio US

Author's Bio

Cindy Kelly Benabderrahman lives in Amsterdam, Ohio in a mid-nineteenth century American Pyramidal coal company house with her husband, Oualid. She is a mixed media artist and writer, and her work has been represented by Salt Kettle Gallery in Salineville, Ohio and by Carroll County Arts in Carrollton, Ohio. She holds a Master of Science in Reading Education from Franciscan University of Steubenville and a Bachelor of Arts in English with The Writing Minor from Kent State University. She was the editor-in-chief at Amsterdam Press from 2006-2012, where she edited the quarterly lit journal,Plain Spoke, and the Gobpile Chapbook Series. She enjoys being an aunt and researching her Melungeon ancestry.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Where We Let Go (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
Journals:
Arabesques Review
,
Bird's Eye ReView
,
Breadcrumb Scabs
,
Brink Magazine
,
Gloom Cupboard
,
Hobo Camp Review
,
kaleidowhirl
,
New Myths
,
Orange Room Review
,
Panamowa: A New Lit Order
,
Red Eft Review
, ,
Riverbabble
,
The Hiss Quarterly
,
The Other Herald

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Tom Robbins, Vendela Vida, Maurice Sendak, Herman Melville, Flannery O'Connor, Nick Cave, Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris.
What I'm reading now: 
I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Steubenville, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Amsterdam, OH
Ohio
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Last update: Jan 19, 2019