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Christina M. Rau

Christina M. Rau is the author of the sci-fi fem poetry collection, Liberating The Astronauts (Aqueduct Press, 2017), and the chapbooks WakeBreatheMove (Finishing Line Press, 2015) and For The Girls, I (Dancing Girl Press, 2014). In her non-writing life, she teaches yoga occasionally and line dances on other occasions.

Books For Lefties on International Left Handers Day

It's International Lefthanders' Day, and we're celebrating with books by and about lefthanders, and about lefthandedness.

Navigating Graphic Literature, Hockey-Style

A reader on navigating graphic literature with spacial issues, how hockey helped, comics about hockey, and more comics highlighted at Book Expo America.

15 Ways To Find Cheap College Textbooks

A huge cost for students every semester is book-buying. How about we find some cheap college textbooks to ease that financial burden? Here's how.

15 Poems That Mention Fathers in Non-Sentimental Non-Tragic Ways

Don't want to fill your Father's Day card with sorrow and tears? Check out these poems about fathers that won't make dad weep.

GO BECAUSE I LOVE YOU: Fatherhood in Poetry

On Jared Harél's debut poetry collection Go Because I Love You, and the many ways it examines fatherhood.

The Trailer for Gillian Flynn’s SHARP OBJECTS Is Here and It’s Magnificently Mysterious

Watch Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson in the trailer for Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects.

What Is a Poem?

What is a poem? We take a stab at answering this question with a breakdown of Ezra Pound's poem called “In A Station of the Metro”

Discovering Poetry Through Persona Poems

When confusion arises, we can instead wonder about the who instead of the what. Who’s the speaker? Does it matter?

Must-Read Poetic Voices from Split This Rock 2018

Split This Rock "celebrates poetry that bears witness to injustice and provokes social change," and here are the must-read voices we heard at their 2018 event!

Turn of the Corkscrew: A Place for Books. (And Wine!)

Nestled in a house turned bookstore in Rockville Centre, NY, Carol Hoenig and Peggy Zieran have created a home for ...