Kristi Maxwell's Books
Oct.15.2009
"By turns pained and playful, deceptively clear and transparently oblique, these poems show a will toward meaning that must find its way through the signs, superstitions, and provocations of language. The commonplace world is greedily dismembered and collected, brought home to wallpaper a constantly emptied interior—-of house, of body, of marriage, of idea. Is it a comfort,...
Jan.01.2008
Realm Sixty-Four is an invitation to engage in some serious play. Taking its name from the literal field of the chessboard, Kristi Maxwell’s first book explores the dynamics of engagement, both through and within language. These poems are interested in the strategies that interactions encompass—interactions between words, between play and praise, between illusion and non-illusion,...
About Kristi
Born in Tennessee, I currently live and write in Cincinnati, where I'm pursuing a doctorate in English at the University of Cincinnati. My first book of poems, Realm Sixty-four, was published through Ahsahta Press in 2008, and my chapbook Elsewhere & Wise...