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News: Award

Posted on April 18, 2015June 3, 2015 by Krista Cox in News

I’m honored and humbled to announce that my poem “Love Song for Recovering Codependent” was selected by poet Allan Peterson to win the Lester M. Wolfson Student Writing Award in Poetry this year.

Congratulations to the other winners, as well:

Graduate Award
Kristiane Weeks for “Shaken and Stirred”

Fiction
Savannah Hope for “Eden”
Cassandra Laforest for “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn”
Aaron Quist for “33 1/2”

Poetry
Jennifer Jones for “Tornado Alley”
Anne Marie Lindgren for “Yellow Silk”

News: Publication

Posted on April 1, 2015June 3, 2015 by Krista Cox in News

I’m really honored to share my piece “Rebirth in Room 406,” which is part of the April issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection. Stirring is a long-standing and beautiful journal full of terrific work. Here’s a teaser from my poem:

When you are angular and dry, you forget
the feel of womanhood. Before you,

I reached blindly into the mouths of men to reclaim
the sense of roundness

Please give it a look! You can find the full issue here.

News: Publication

Posted on March 19, 2015June 3, 2015 by Krista Cox in News

I have a piece titled “Aspirin” up at Words Dance today, which is completely thrilling because it’s a gorgeous site and I love reading it. The artwork accompanying my piece, painted by Clare Elsaesser, is brilliant. Please check it out!

News: Publication

Posted on February 14, 2015July 12, 2015 by Krista Cox in News

Issue 13 of scissors & spackle was released today, along with a poem of mine! This was my first official unsolicited poetry acceptance (the ones published a few weeks ago were actually accepted later), so it’s pretty exciting.

Scissors & spackle is a gorgeous, full-size print journal, and I encourage you to buy a copy. My poem is also featured on the website, though, which can be found here.

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News: Reading

Posted on January 31, 2015June 3, 2015 by Krista Cox in News

I’ll be reading my poem “On Learning the Jorōgumo has a Boyfriend While I Do Not” tonight at Most Wanted Fine Art in Pittsburgh, PA for the FREE MONSTER POEMS ABOUT MONSTERS release party. Here’s an excerpt:

In Japan, if you have a yen for it, you can sniff
The secretions of a young girl cracked fresh from a plastic
Egg birthed by a burusera vending machine.

This is where the spider woman takes a lover.

Come out and see me!