Christina Pacosz

Missouri County: Jackson

Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Audience: Adult

Published Works: Greatest Hits, chapbook, Pudding House: Johnstown, OH, 2002; One River, chapbook, Pudding House: Johnstown, Ohio, 2000; This Is Not a Place to Sing, West End Press: Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1987; Some Winded, Wild Beast, Red and Black: Detroit MI, 1985; Notes From the Red Zone, Seal Press: Seattle, Washington, 1983; Shimmy Up to This Fine Mud, Poets Warehouse: Portland, Oregon, 1976.

Anthologies

"Shoal Creek at Solstice" Fresh Water: Poems from the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams, editor, Jennifer Bosveld, Pudding House, 2002; Beyond Lament, Poets of the World BearingWitness to the Holocaust, editor, Marguerite M. Striar, Northwestern University Press, 1997; A Year in Poetry, edited by Thomas E. Foster & Elizabeth C. Guthrie, Crown, 1995; Fine China, Twenty Years of Earth's Daughters, Earth's Daughters, 1993; A Gathering of Poets, Kent State University Press, 1992; Women of the Fourteenth Moon, Writings on Menopause, Crossing Press, 1991; Looking for Home: Women Writing About Exile (Milkweed Editions, 1990); editor (with Susan Oliver), Digging for Roots: Works by Women of the North Olympic Peninsula, Empty Bowl Press: Port Townsend, Washington, 1985; Rapunzel, Rapunzel, editor, Katharyn Machan Aal, McBooks Press, 1980; Hyperion's Black Sun, New Moon, editor Judy Hogan, Carolina Wren Press, 1980.

Musical Scores

"The Assumption" music by Annelinde Metzner, June, 1989. Based on 3 poems, This is not a place to sing. "From Alaska IV" music by Dale Jergenson, 1994. Based on a poem from poetryALASKAwomen.

Have any works been translated into other languages? No

Awards: Prairie Poet Award, 2002, "Weston Bend State Park", Jane's Stories Press Foundation, Mt. Prospect, Illinois; Honorable Mention, Gloucester County (Sewell, NJ) College's Poetry Center Contest, 1995; Now & Then Achievement Award, Appalachian Writing Contest, 1994, short story; Second place poetry winner, 1994, Negative Capability, University of Southern Alabama; Honorable Mention, Blue Unicorn, 1993 Poetry Contest; North Carolina Writers' Network, Honorable Mention, 1993, essay; Roberts Writing Awards, poetry finalist, 1990; North Carolina Writers Network, Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series, 1990 finalist; several Pushcart nominations over course of career.

Speaking Engagements: Yes

Author accepts.
Fee for speaking:  Depends on circumstances

Limitations on travel: Depends on circumstances

Contact Information: pacosz@earthlink.net