Israeli poet Ronny Someck's translation of a section of Chris's longer poem, "Entourage," is featured alongside a translation of a poem by the Swedish Nobel Laureate, Tomas Tranströmer. The delightful double portrait, also by Ronny, is of Tomas and Chris. Check it out!
A 2017 recorded lecture by Chris titled, "Corrective Readings: Translation in the Age of Trump" is part of Dream Loaf, the new form of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' and Translators' Conference.
Enjoy this curation of archived lectures and readings, free and available all summer! Click here.
Listen to the latest installment of Iowa Public Radio's River to River where host Ben Kieffer speaks with Chris. They talk about about Chris's thoughts on "the perfect storm" of a co-occuring national racial justice movement and economic downfall due to COVID-19. Listen here!
Chris was recently interviewed by Mutiu Olawuyi for Artflakes: New World Literary Hub on CBA TV English. Tune into their conversation here!
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Chris has published four pieces of poetry and prose poetry in the non profit journal Life and Legends, called Armenian Stanzas, Instructions for the Winter Solstice, The River, and Stage Presence. Check them out here!
In an interview with Leslie Carol Roberts for The Believer, Chris talks out his thoughts on the ecologies of violence, saying "...I tried to find a language adequate to these forms of violence ecology, which meant, among other things, describing as fully as possible the sights and sounds and textures of war—the strange mixture of boredom and terror, despair and hilarity." Read the entire fascinating interview here.
Chris interviews Amanda Michalopoulou about her recently published book God's Wife, a story that started with the question 'What if God had a wife?' Read about how the book talks directly to its reader, how Michalopoulou shaped the character's unique voice, and her emphasis on female narratives. The full interview is on The Paris Review website.
december magazine has selected their 2020 Pushcart Prize nominations, and Chris's piece Three Recordings is one of them! Congratulations, Chris and the other nominees. Learn more about them now!
Here is an in-depth feature published by The Daily Iowan about Christopher's career. It touches on his background, how he stepped in for a program that was on life support and the ways in which he sees the IWP thriving and growing in the years to come.
Read it here.