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Christopher Lirette [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Newark, NJ
New Jersey US
Bio: 

Christopher Lirette, from Chauvin, Louisiana, has been teaching courses on superheroines and poetry at Cornell, but he’s about to move to Atlanta to do something new. His work appears in The Southern Review, PANK, and Hayden’s Ferry. He practices Hung Ga kung fu with his wife, Linda.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
Raised in: 
Chauvin, LA
Louisiana
Website: 
https://christopherlirette.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Fulbright Grant, Corson-Browning Poetry Prize (2008, 2009), LUMINA poetry prize honorable mention

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