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Christina Strigas

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Christina Strigas is an author and poet, raised by Greek immigrants, who has written seven poetry books. Her poetry book LOVE & VODKA was featured by CBC Books in, “Your Ultimate Canadian Poetry List: 68 Poetry Collections Recommended by you.” Her poetry book, LOVE & METAXA has garnered positive reviews, including Pank Magazine. Her poem, “Dead Wife” was nominated for best of the net 2020, as was her flash fiction "Grass" in 2023. Her latest poetry book is LOVE & GAIA. Her poetry book, FOR ALL THE LONELY HEARTS BEING PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND published by Free Lines Press, a French indie press that publishes experimental poetry. can be found on their website. Strigas has also published two novels with The Wild Rose Press.
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	Love & Vodka: A Book of Poetry for Glass Hearts 4.05 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Ink on My Soul 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wanting 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Metaxa 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crush really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In My Own Flood 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Chrissyisms 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	love & gaia 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	for all the lonely hearts being pulled out of the ground it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I loved you for a thousand years and missed you in all of them.”
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“If you want to be my friend, I prefer honesty to fake praise. I was never one to run with the wolves.”
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Dustin wrote: "Hi, Happy Tuesday, Chrissy!

I hope all's well with you and yours.:)

It's a pleasure to connect with you here as well as Wordpress, thank you for accepting.

Have a delightful day!"
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Hi, Happy Tuesday, Chrissy!

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