My latest reflection on the poetry of Issue 46: A Way Through is up on Ruminate.
Ten tiles by ten tiles you scrub again
with a woman who is not your sister
(this is how you tell time is passing)
you are hungry then you are full.
–From “Fluorescent” by Jessica Yuan
I’m thrilled to have poems in the winter / spring issues of Grist Journal, Puerto Del Sol (The Science Issue), and Superstition Review (you can read that one online here). Check out these fantastic issues and support these journals by picking up a copy.
I’m thrilled to share that my first full-length poetry collection, Fossils in the Making, will be published by Black Ocean! The planned release date is AWP 2019 in Portland–stay tuned for details!
The summer issue of Ruminate is out! One of the things I love most about Ruminate is how it generates conversation. Each issue opens with notes from our readers on the theme and closes with notes from contributors. I’ve decided to join in the conversation with a regular feature called Editors Ruminate, in which I reflect on how the poems work together in relation to the theme of Opening the Door. Order yourself a copy of Issue 43 then read my take here.
My poem, “The Waiting” is in the Spring/Summer issue of Salamander Magazine. You can preview the poem online, but be sure to buy a hard copy to read the stunning work by Dan Beachy-Quick, Patricia Clark, Michael Bazzett, and others.
Honored to have “Fossils in the Making” named a finalist in the Cleveland State University Poetry Center first book contest! A different version of this ms. (“Being a Body”) was also named a finalist two years ago. Here’s to more revisions! You can read about the winner and other finalists here.
Bin Ramke selected my poem “Lamb Body” for the 2015 Academy of American Poets Prize at Colorado State University. You can now view the poem online here.
I’m pleased to have my poem “Resurrection Body” forthcoming in the winter 2016 issue of Cincinnati Review. Take a look at their blog to see what I have to say about the poem here. Also hear from Donald Revell, Joshua Coben, and Steven Wineman about their poems in the same issue.
June Artist of the Month
I’m honored to be Imgae Journal‘s June Artist of the month!
“Gifted newcomer Kristin George Bagdanov is a border-crosser: in her poems, she moves her needle back and forth across the gap between mind and body, heaven and earth, human and nature, human and divine, then pulls the thread tight, drawing the panels together….”
Read more and see one of my poems from Image’s 25 year anniversary issue.
