Christian Garduno

Poet

Ingleside, TX
Texas US
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Author's Bio

 

Christian Garduno’s work can be read in over 100 literary magazines. He is the recipient of the 2019 national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry, a Finalist in the 2020-2021 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Writing Contest, and a Finalist in the 2021 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. He lives and writes along the South Texas coast with his wonderful wife Nahemie and young son Dylan.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
The Alien Buddha's Microdoses: short poems & flash fiction (Alien Buddha Press, 2022)
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Alien Buddha Zine #28 (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
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Alien Buddha Zine #30 (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
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Alien Buddha Zine #31: Black and White Print (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
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Insurrection (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2021)
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Boundless 2020: the official anthology of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival (FlowerSong Press, 2020)
Chapbook:
Fog & Bone (Alien Buddha Press, 2023)
Prizes won: 

2019 Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry, for the poem, "Southern Horses".

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
ee cummings, Sylvia Plath, Jack Kerouac.
What I'm reading now: 
Europe Central by William T. Vollmann

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Houston, TX
Texas
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
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Last update: Feb 11, 2023