Christina Hutchins is an American poet. She was the first poet laureate of Albany, California from 2008 to 2012.[1] She is widely published[2] and has won several awards for her poetry. Her second book Tender the Maker won the 2015 May Swenson Poetry Award,[1] and her chapbook Radiantly We Inhabit the Air won the 2011 Robin Becker Prize.[3] In 2017 she became a Dartmouth Poet in Residence.[3] Hutchins was born in San Jose, California[2] and educated at University of California at Davis, Harvard University, and holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union[2]

Works

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Collections

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  • Tender the Maker Utah State University Press (2015)[2]
  • The Stranger Dissolves Sixteen Rivers Press (2011)[2]

Chapbooks

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  • Radiantly We Inhabit the Air Seven Kitchens Press (2011) [4]
  • Collecting Light Acacia Books (1999) [4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Baldassari, Erin (7 October 2015). "Albany's First Poet Laureate Debuts Newest Book". East Bay Express. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Christina Hutchins Poets & Writers". Poets & Writers. 11 September 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "2017 Dartmouth Poet in Residence". Frost Place. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Christina Hutchins Archives". Still Point Digital Press. Retrieved 17 October 2019.