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Christian hawkey has been awarded the kate tufts discovery award and prizes from the academy of american poets and the poetry fund. The book of funnels wave books, 2004 and citizen of wave books, 2007. He is the coordinator of the mfa in writing program at pratt institute. Christian hawkey was raised on pine island, florida. Christian hawkey christian hawkey biography poem hunter. Christian hawkey christian hawkey poems poem hunter. Christian hawkey is currently considered a single author.

Office of recuperative strategies featuring christian. In 2006 he was given a creative capital innovative literature award and he has also received awards from the poetry fund and. Christian hawkey is the author of several books, most recently the collaborative erasure with poet uljana wolf, sonne from ort kookbooks, 2012 and the crossgenre work,ventrakl ugly duckling presse, 2010. Hawkeys first collection of poems, the book of funnels, was released in 2004. Joe diebes, christian hawkey, and david levine the. And in this case, perhaps it would be better to call hawkey not a surrealist, but a cubist on a grand scale. Ventrakl, citizen of, the book of funnels, and a number of chapbooks. Excerpt from the book of funnels 2004 by christian hawkey. His work has been translated into german 1 slovene, french, swedish, arabic, italian, spanish, portuguese, and dutch. In christian hawkeys first collection of poetry, the book of funnels, forces of. Christian hawkey is the author of the book of funnels verse press, 2004.

If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. After drafting associative translations of several trakl poemswith only the source languages sound and graphic representation as a guidechristian hawkey uses this material to generate poems and interviewpoems conducted. Pratt institute school of liberal arts and sciences. Christian hawkey is the author of ventrakl ugly duckling presse, 2010, citizen of wave books, 2007, hour, hour, a chapbook which includes drawings by the artist ryan mrowzowski delirium press, 2006, and the book of funnels verse press, 2004, winner of the 2006 kate tufts discovery award. One wonders how freud, who was writing around the same time, would have read this book. He received a 2006 creative capital innovative literature award and a 2008 daad artistinberlin fellowship. The office of recuperative strategies oors is a mobile research platform that explores new ways to affirm and promote the reuse, perversification, reanimation, and reparation of precarious or correctable cultural phenomena. The book of funnels by christian hawkey wave books.

Sonne from ort, a collaborative bilingual erasure made with the german poet uljana wolf, appeared in 20 kookbooks verlag, berlin. Hawkey is cofounder of the international poetry journal jubilat, and he teaches at pratt institute. Kate greenstreet dear kate, thanks for getting in touch. The institute prepares its students for successful careers through its schools of art, design, architecture, information, and liberal arts and sciences. Rob casper presents christian hawkey the best american. The book of funnels is one of the most beautiful first books of poetry i have read in a long time.

Christian hawkey is the author of petitions for an alien relative a chapbook, hand held editions, 2010, ventrakl ugly duckling presse, 2010, citizen of wave books, 2007, hour, hour, a chapbook which includes drawings by the artist ryan mrowzowski delirium press, 2006, and the book of funnels verse press, 2004, winner of the 2006 kate. Christian hawkey primary author only author division. The book of funnels kate tufts discovery award paperback october 1, 2004 by christian hawkey author. Recent awards include a 2006 creative capital innovative literature award and a 2008 daad artistinberlin fellowship. Intrigued by the question, and would be happy to chat with you. Christian hawkey is the author of petitions for an alien relative a chapbook, hand held editions, 2010, ventrakl ugly duckling presse, 2010, citizen of wave books, 2007, hour, hour, a chapbook which includes drawings by the artist ryan mrowzowski delirium press, 2006, and the book of funnels verse press, 2004, winner of the 2006 kate tufts discovery award. There is a sense in the book of funnels that hawkey is trying to hand over to the reader all things altogether at once, as if the world were an object made of infinite facets that have to been seen simultaneously to be understood. The funnel is appropriate transport, for it lifts the ordinary objects of the world and blends them in unexpected ways. In 2006 he received a creative capital innovative literature award.

Hour hour delirium press, 2005, petitions for an alien relative hand held editions, 2009, ulf factory hollow press, 2010, and sonette mit elizabethanischem maulwurf hochroth verlag, 2010. Raised on pine island, florida, poet and translator christian hawkey was educated at the university of massachusetts, amherst. Hawkey s wry and expansive poems take a postmodern approach as they interrogate how we construct the self. The book of funnels is one of the strangest and most beautiful first books of poetry i have read in a long time. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. A fourth chapbook, ulf, has just been published by factory hollow press, and his newest book, ventrakl, is a mixedgenre exploration of the life and work of georg trakl ugly duckling presse, fall 2010. Hour hour delirium press, 2005, petitions for an alien relative hand held editions, 2009, ulf factory hollow press, 2010, and sonette mit elizabethanischem maulwurf hochroth verlag. In christian hawkey s first collection of poetry, the book of funnels, forces of nature transport us to an alternate oz, one where both speaker and reader negotiate heightened landscapes. His crossgenre, multimedia book ventrakl 2010 explores the work and life of poet georg trakl. It was opened in 2010 by christian hawkey and rachel levitsky. His poetry has been published in various magazines and anthologies in sweden, slovenia, austria, germany. His first collection, the book of funnels, received the 2006 kate tufts. Christian hawkey, a poet and translator of german poetry, was born in. He is an associate professor at pratt institute, where he teaches in both the humanities and media studies department and the writing program.

A lecture on the poetry of georg trakl and robert walser presented by susan bernofsky and christian hawkey. Christian hawkey is the author of the book of funnels, citizen of, and ventrakl. Hawkey was born and raised on pine island, florida. The book of funnels kate tufts discovery award christian hawkey on. Christian hawkeys the book of funnels verse press, 2004 received the kate tufts discovery award. Christian hawkey has written two fulllength collections the book of funnels, 2005. He graduated from the university of massachusetts amherst um amherst with a. Christian hawkey is the author of several books of poetry, including sonne from ort, ventrakl, citizen of, the book of funnels, and a number of chapbooks. Rob casper presents christian hawkey the poem of christians i choose from the book of funnels takes the end of the driveway as a point of departure, and inhabits a psychic landscape as meaningful in its openness as michael teigs is in its focus. Hawkeys wry and expansive poems take a postmodern approach as they interrogate how we construct the self.

A third book, ventrakl, is forthcoming from ugly duckling presse. All but one of the six sections of christian hawkeys panoramic debut are. Christian hawkey is the author of three books of poetry. At the risk of reading too much into a design decision that may or may not have been hawkeys own, these xs suggest appropriately beguiling site markers for this odd. Christian hawkey, is an american poet, translator, editor, activist, and educator. Ventrakl is a book that folds poetry, prose, biography and visual media into an experimental translation of 19thcentury german expressionist poet george trakl. His new book, citizen of, was just released by wave books. Oors works tirelessly to ensure it might not exist. His first book, the book of funnels, appeared in 2004 and won the kate tufts discovery award. Christian hawkey has written two fulllength poetry collections.

Hawkey has taught english and creative writing at amherst and at the pratt institute in brooklyn. Christian hawkey born 1969, hackensack, nj, is an american poet, translator, editor, activist, and educator. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. The poems in hawkeys most recent volume, citizen of of 2007 navigate between internal and external landscapes, between imagined worlds and socalled real worlds. The book of funnels wave books, 2005 and citizen of wave, 2007. His poetry collections include the book of funnels 2004 and citizen of 2007, which won the kate tufts discovery award. Reanimation library word processor christian hawkey.

In christian hawkeys first collection of poetry, the book of funnels, forces of nature transport us to an alternate oz, one where both speaker and reader negotiate heightened landscapes. His books include the book of funnels, citizen of, and ventrakl ugly duckling presse, 2010. A ghost storynot in the flashlightundertheface, seatedaroundthecampfire sense, but rather in the hauntological, derridean one. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Pratt institute is a global leader in higher education situated in new york city. His poetry collections include citizen of wave books, 2007 and the book of funnels wave books, 2004, which won the 2006 kate tufts discovery award. He is an assistant professor of english and creative writing at the pratt institute in new york city.