| Christine Simokaitis |
Christine Simokaitis received her MFA from Goddard College in 2001.
Her work has appeared in Calyx, Natural Bridge, Thin Air, Alligator Juniper,
and other journals, and the anthologies, Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women
Speak about Healthcare in America (Penultimate Press) and Mourning
Sickness (OmniArts Press).
She is the author of Into the Wilderness, a memoir of motherhood, several
chapters of which are published, and is currently seeking an agent for the
manuscript.
Christine is co-founder of Dirt Factory, a writing group for mothers offering
workshops, writing space, and a childcare co-op.
Currently, she is finishing In My Other Life Right Now, a collection of hybrid
prose.
Christine lives in Chicago with her husband and two boys.
Her work has appeared in Calyx, Natural Bridge, Thin Air, Alligator Juniper,
and other journals, and the anthologies, Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women
Speak about Healthcare in America (Penultimate Press) and Mourning
Sickness (OmniArts Press).
She is the author of Into the Wilderness, a memoir of motherhood, several
chapters of which are published, and is currently seeking an agent for the
manuscript.
Christine is co-founder of Dirt Factory, a writing group for mothers offering
workshops, writing space, and a childcare co-op.
Currently, she is finishing In My Other Life Right Now, a collection of hybrid
prose.
Christine lives in Chicago with her husband and two boys.
| Email: casimo7@gmail.com |
News and Events:
Spring 2012 - Christine will be reading
with other Northeastern Illinois University
alumni at an off-site AWP event, location
TBA.
Summer/Fall of 2012 - Christine will be
editing the next issue of Clockhouse
Review.
Winter 2009 - Christine’s essay
“Weaning” appeared in the anthology,
Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women
Speak about Healthcare in America,
endorsed by Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius, Department of Health and
Human Services: "This book is a terrific
encapsulation of the challenges facing
our health care system."
Spring 2012 - Christine will be reading
with other Northeastern Illinois University
alumni at an off-site AWP event, location
TBA.
Summer/Fall of 2012 - Christine will be
editing the next issue of Clockhouse
Review.
Winter 2009 - Christine’s essay
“Weaning” appeared in the anthology,
Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women
Speak about Healthcare in America,
endorsed by Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius, Department of Health and
Human Services: "This book is a terrific
encapsulation of the challenges facing
our health care system."
