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Christopher Citro

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Christopher Citro is the author of If We Had a Lemon We'd Throw It and Call That the Sun (Elixir Press, 2021), winner of the 2019 Antivenom Poetry Award, and The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy (Steel Toe Books, 2015). His honors include a Pushcart Prize for poetry, Columbia Journal's poetry award, and a creative nonfiction award from The Florida Review. His poems appear widely in literary magazines and journals such as American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Iowa Review, Gulf Coast, West Branch, and Alaska Quarterly Review. His fiction appears in The Spectacle, and The Cincinnati Review. His creative nonfiction appears in Boulevard, Southeast Review, Quarterly West, Passages North, Bellingham Review, and Colorado Review. His writing has bee ...more

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Honored to be nominated again for a Pushcart Prize!

What an honor to be nominated by a contributing editor (thank you!) for this year’s Pushcart Prize. Winning a Pushcart in 2018 was such a thrill and an honor. Fingers crossed for another chance!

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	Best Microfiction 2020 by Meg Pokrass (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary Fincke (Editor), Michael Martone (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015	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
	If We Had A Lemon We'd Throw It and Call That the Sun 4.68 avg rating — 19 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
	Fairy Tale Review, The Ochre Issue (Fairy Tale Review, #12) by Kate Bernheimer (Editor), Courtney Bird (Contributor), Caroline Cabrera (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	Rattle #52, Summer 2016 by The Rattle Foundation, Alan Fox (Editor in Chief, Contributor), Timothy Green (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2016	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
	Red Lightbulbs Issue 6 by Never Angeline Nørth (Editor), Meghan Lamb (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Mel Bosworth (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	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
	Log by Daniel Beauregard, Alyse Bensel (Goodreads Author), C.L. Bledsoe (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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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Christopher Citro liked Connor Donovan's review of If We Had A Lemon We'd Throw It and Call That the Sun: "I credit Christopher Citro as one of my main inspirations for my own poetry journey, & thus am eternally grateful for this book. His work is a delicate balance between comedic & heart-wrenching, & this collection is such a beautiful reminder of how t" Read more of this review »
Jan 29, 2025 09:18AM · see review
Christopher Citro made a comment on Connor Donovan’s review of If We Had A Lemon We'd Throw It and Call That the Sun " Dear Connor. Thank you so much for writing this. I cannot express how happy it makes me. My book and I bow deeply in thanks. "
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