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Christi Craig
Christi Craig
Member since: Nov, 2008
Last login: 02/25/2010
Last update : 11/30/2009
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About Me

  • A native Texan, Christi Craig lives in the Midwest with her husband and two children. She is a Sign Language Interpreter and a Writer. When she isn't interpreting the stories of others, she writes her own.

    See more of her work at Writing Under Pressure.

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  • In Texas

    November 29, 2009

    • I live a double life.My right leg stands in a stateWith four seasons and my eye towards the future,While my left foot dips in another,Searching for remnants ofPastures and two-lane roads.And, each time I return,To one home or the other,I am torn.I sat at the lunch table.My daughter on my left; my grandmother on my right.One spoke in sing-song silliness,The other spoke in running commentaryOf my ...
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  • Banned Books Week

    September 26, 2009

    • Read Robert P. Doyle's list of Challenged and Banned books for 2008-09, and see what's missing from your public library. What are you hiding under your pillow this week? (posted at Writing Under Pressure)
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  • Obsessing About Myself

    August 5, 2009

    • There's email, my cell phone, the Redroom, my blog. Discussions to follow, forums to read, and fans to compare.All day, I log in, check in, sign in. I refresh my email, hoping. I study my stats, wondering. I follow links and click avatars, in secret investigation. I sign out. I wonder how I racked up so many accounts and passwords and digital pages with news about me.This is ridiculous. I sign ...
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  • Soon to be out.

    July 25, 2009

    • Alltopia Antholozine will release their Summer/Harvest issue soon. Very soon. I'm thrilled. Thrilled my work will be included in this issue. Thrilled to be invited to the peer group reading and press release. But Portland is more than a day's drive from my house. And my favorite airline only goes as far as Seattle, for a pretty penny these days. So, come the end of August, I'll be at the press ...
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  • My Work in Black and White

    July 13, 2009

    • Sometime last spring, I joined up with a group of other writers from my online course to embark on a publishing project.Maybe it was that particular time of year, group of women, or the guidance of Ariel Gore. Maybe it was all of that, in concert with the right phase of the moon. Whatever the reason, we worked hard. We wrote well. We pulled from deep within and produced some amazing writing. So ...
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Comments I've Written

  • Congrats!

    Mary, Great news! That is a great feeling. Enjoy your trip and keep writing!

  • Thanks

    ...for your comment as well. I especially love the "(Leave the room)" part.

  • good advice

    Jodi, that's good advice. And funny enough my husband hasn't asked to read my stories, either :)

  • ahh...Joni Mitchell

    Ron, Love that song.

  • congrats!

    Julie, Nice article! Congrats to you. And the Red Cliffs sound beautiful.

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