| Christianne Balk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) |
| Education | Grinnell College |
| Occupation | Poet |
Christianne Balk (born 1953) is an American poet.
Life
Balk graduated with honors in biology from Grinnell College and taught at the University of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in Pequod, Crazyhorse, Sulfur, The Centennial Review The Missouri Review, Sonora Review, Prairie Schooner Harper's, and The New Yorker. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and daughter.
Awards
- 1985 Walt Whitman Award
- 1994 Verna Emory Award
Works
Poetry
- Linda Svendsen, ed. (1990). "Elegy; How Stories Get Started". Words we call home. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-0367-0.
- "Lauds for St. Germaine Cousin". The Atlantic Monthly. September 2002.
- Bindweed. Collier Books. 1986. ISBN 978-0-02-627660-3.
- Desiring Flight. Purdue University Press. 1995. ISBN 978-1-55753-062-2.
Anthologies
- William J. Walsh, Jack (INT) Myers, ed. (2006). "Lauds for St. Germaine cousin; Dusk Choir; Dear Hippopotamus". Under the rock umbrella. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-88146-047-6.
See also
References
- Pequod – Google Books. May 16, 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Crazy horse – Southwest Minnesota State College. American Language Skills Program – Google Books. May 28, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Sulfur – California Institute of Technology – Google Books. February 28, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- CR. The Centennial review – Michigan State University. College of Arts and Letters – Google Books. June 29, 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- The Missouri review – University of Missouri-Columbia. Dept. of English – Google Books. June 12, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Sonora review – Google Books. June 7, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Balk, Christianne (2005). "Bathsheba, and: St. Germaine Considers the Gift of Hunger, and: Mother, Daughter". Prairie Schooner. 79 (3): 52–54. doi:10.1353/psg.2005.0098. S2CID 72732652. Project MUSE 187310.
- "Balk, Christianne (Harper's Magazine)". Harpers.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Balk, Christianne (August 1, 2011). "Poetry: John Muir Remembers Eliza Hendricks". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- "Christianne Balk | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Pw.org. June 9, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Indianapolis Monthly – Google Books. October 1995. Retrieved October 20, 2011.