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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Chattanooga, TN

Tennessee US

Email:

thespeakeasypoetry@gmail.com

Bio:

Christian J. Collier is a Black, Southern writer, arts organizer, and teaching artist who resides in Chattanooga, TN. He is the author of Greater Ghost (Four Way Books, 2024), and the chapbook The Gleaming of the Blade, the 2021 Editors’ Selection from Bull City Press. His works have appeared in December, North American Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. A 2015 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, he is also the winner of the 2022 Porch Prize in Poetry and the 2020 ProForma Contest from Grist Journal.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Yusef Komunyakaa, Anne Sexton, Walter Mosley, John Murillo, Jericho Brown, Sharon Olds, Clive Barker, etc.

Twitter/X:

@ichristian3030

Born in:

LA

Louisiana

Raised in:

Chattanooga, TN

Tennessee

Website:

https://christianjcollier.com [2]

Prizes won:

2021 – 2021 Frost Place Competition Editors' Selection,
2020 Grist Journal’s ProForma Contest
2020 Winner of Seven Hills Review Poetry Competition
2015 Recipient of The Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship
2012 Winner of The Origami Poetry Project’s micro-chapbook competition.

Education:

Mississippi University for Women

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Frost Place

Identifies as:

Black

Prefers to work with:

Any