Christina Cook

Author's Bio

Christina Cook holds an MFA in writing with a concentration in literary translation from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and an MA in English and American literature from the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in a number of journals and her translations of poems by the contemporary Parisian poet, Marie-Claire Bancquart, have appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, Cerise Press, Poetry Salzburg Review,and Prairie Schooner, with more forthcoming in Words without Borders. She is a senior writer at Dartmouth College, and is a contributing editor at Inertia Magazine and Cerise Press.

Publications and Prizes

Journals:

ABZ, Arsenic Lobster, Buckle &, Cave Wall, Cerise Press, Crab Orchard Review, Dos Passos Review, Front Porch Journal, Harpur Palate, Hayden's Ferry Review, Interpoezia, Lunarosity, Poemeleon, Presence, Silk Road, Sojourn, Survivor's Review, The Bitter Oleander, The Other Journal, Unbound Press, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Visions International

Prizes:

Two of Christina's poems were nominated for inclusion in the 2011 Best New Poets anthology. Her manuscript, Lake Effect, was a finalist for the 2010 Bull City Press First Book Award and a semifinalist for the 2010 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, the 2010 De Novo Poetry Prize, the 2010 Zone 3 Press First Book Award, and the 2006 Dorset Prize. She was also a finalist in the 2010 SLS/Fence Magazine Poetry Contest and Black Warrior Review's 2009 Poetry Prize, and runner-up in 2008 Presence Poetry Contest. She has had a translation nominated for an AWP Intro Prize and another finish as a finalist for the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize.

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Listing last updated: September 9, 2011

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

French

Born in:

Hartford, CT

Raised in:

Old Lyme, CT

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