Sky Country

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Finalist for the 2018 Paterson Poetry Prize

Christine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hungeran intense longing for home and an ache for human connection. Channeling both real and imagined immigration experiences of her own familyher grandmothers, who fled Korea and Japan; and her father, a Japanese American who was incarcerated during WWIIKitano's ambitious poetry speaks for those who have been historically silenced and displaced.

Christine Kitano's first collection of poetry, Birds of Paradise, was published by Lynx House Press. She lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.

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Using family history as a springboard, Kitano illuminates aspects of the immigrant experience and speaks for the silenced and displaced. Publishers Weekly

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Christine Kitano's first collection of poetry, Birds of Paradise, was published in 2011 by Lynx House Press. She received her BA from the University of California, her MFA from Syracuse University, and her PhD in English and Creative Writing from Texas Tech University. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, and currently lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.