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Christy Wise [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
San Francisco , CA
California US
Bio: 

Christy Wise’s chapbook, Tangible Terrain, was published by Finishing Line Press in April, 2024. Her poems and essays appear in Red Flag Poetry, Bayou Magazine, Broad River Review, Cathesix Northwest Press and The Dewdrop,among other magazines.

Christy’s poem “Tony’s Cocoon” was a finalist in the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. Her essay “Memory Book” was designated a notable essay in Best American Essays of 2010. Her poems are published in anthologies including SPANK the CARP 2022 and Upside Down and From Below, Marin Poetry Center Anthology 2020.

With her mother, Nancy Baker Wise, Christy co-authored A Mouthful of Rivets: Women at Work in World War II, oral histories by women employed in non-traditional jobs during the Second World War. (Jossey-Bass Publishers)

A fourth-generation Californian, Christy cherishes walks along the Pacific Ocean and hikes in Desolation Wilderness.  

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
@cnwiseca
Born in: 
Greenbrae, CA
California
Raised in: 
Tiburon, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.christywise.com [2]
Prizes won: 

POETRY

"Goodwill" finalist in 2023 Rash Award in Poetry, Broad River Review

"Tony's Cocoon" finalist in Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. 

ESSAYS

Notable essay, Best American Essays, 2010

Grand prize in literature, National League of American PEN Women, Maryland State Biennial, 2011

Third place, Linda Joy Myers Memoir Prize, Soul-Making Literary Competition, 2009

Honorable mention, adult essay, Larry Neal Writers' Awards, DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, 1998

 

 

Education: 
University of Nevada, Reno at Tahoe
What I'm reading now: 
A Wilder Time by William E. Grassley
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Kauai Writers Conference
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Seniors
Teenagers

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Links
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