Christopher Burawa was born in Iceland.
He owns an MA in English Language and Literature,
and an MFA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University.
He was awarded MacDowell Colony fellowship in 2003.
His translations of the contemporary Icelandic poet,
Jóhann Hjálmarsson's book of poetry, Of The Same Mind,
won the Toad Press International Chapbook Competition and was
published in 2005.
Chris was the director of literature
and public information officer for the Arizona
Commission of the Arts.
He is now the director of the Center for Excellence
for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University
in Clarksville, Tennessee.
His first book of poetry, The Small Mysteries Of Lapses,
was published in 2006 and received with wide acclaim
as a book of astonishing presence and originality.
Please welcome Chris.
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