bio for reading.
Crystal Boson writes short, dense poems that lay bare the complicated geographies of the United States and the lives of the Black, queer, and marginalized bodies that dwell within its boundaries. She currently writes about, and resides in the midwest.
She is a Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow, and was awarded the Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award in 2014. She has work published in Blueshift Journal, Pank, Parcel, among other locations. Most recently her work: the bitter map was selected as the winner of the 2017 Honeysuckle Press Chapbook Contest by Saeed Jones.
She is a Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow, and was awarded the Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award in 2014. She has work published in Blueshift Journal, Pank, Parcel, among other locations. Most recently her work: the bitter map was selected as the winner of the 2017 Honeysuckle Press Chapbook Contest by Saeed Jones.
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CHAPBOOKS OF POETRY
the bitter map- Honeysuckle Press. July 2018.
The Queer Texas Prayerbook- Seven Kitchens Press. September 2012
The Icarus Series- Seven Kitchens Press. October 2009.
INDIVIDUAL POEMS
"drymouth prayer # 6" - Watershed Review- Fall 2016 Issue.
"God willin and the creek" - Watershed Review - Fall 2016 Issue.
"the year of the cottonmouth" - Blueshift Journal- issue 5. ed. August 2016
"the water bearer." - Blueshift Journal- issue 5. August 2016
"backslidin" - Special Episode: A Celebration of Queer Voices. All Up In Your Ears. (40:55)
“kansas up south”- Parcel – ed. Kate Lorenz. Spring 2014. Pg. 62 Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
“ashcroft” – 100 Ghost Stories. Wonder Fair. October 2012. Pg. 45.
“truck month”- When We Become Weavers” Queer Female Poets of the Midwest ed. Kate Lynn Hibbard.- Squares and Rebels- October 2012. Pg. 54
“seriously, pray for rain” - When We Become Weavers Queer Female Poets of the Midwest- ed. Kate Lynn Hibbard.- Squares and Rebels- October 2012. Pg. 55
“...in language he can understand”- When We Become Weavers”
Queer Female Poets of the Midwest- ed. Kate Lynn Hibbard.- Squares and Rebels-October 2012. Pg. 56
“she’s the prayin’ kind” -PANK- The Queer Issue- ed. Tim Jones-Yelvington. October 2010. 5.10.
“ ‘viticus” - PANK- The Queer Issue- ed. Tim Jones-Yelvington. October 2010. 5.10.
“how the gays pray for rain” - PANK-The Queer Issue- ed. Tim Jones-Yelvington. October 2010. 5.10.
“it is most fortunate that the child is tall enough to ride- a haiku” -Callaloo- Winter 2009. Vol. 32, Issue 1. 228.
WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS
Cave Canem. June 12-19th 2016.
Rhode Island Writers Colony. June 15-28th 2015.
2010 Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop- College Station, Texas- Summer 2010
2008 Callaloo Writer’s Workshop-
St Louis, Missouri- Summer 2008
POETRY READINGS
Reading- Kansas Up South/Queer Texas Prayerbook – Wonderland Books – Martin TN –
October 26, 2013
Visiting Poet- Washington High School – Kansas City, Kansas – October 2, 2013 Reading/Interview- Kansas Up South
Wednesday Midday Medley – July 17, 2013 – 90.1 KKFI
The Queer Texas Prayerbook and Kansas Up South
The Writer’s Place Kansas City MO-
June 27, 2013
Reading/Interview-The Queer Texas Prayerbook
Wednesday Midday Medley- August 10, 2012- 90.1 FM KKFI
The Queer Texas Prayerbook
The Big Tent Reading Series- Lawrence KS-
July 26, 2012
The Queer Texas Prayerbook
The Writer’s Place Kansas City MO-
June 15, 2012
Visiting Poet-Trinity Valley High School -Ft. Worth Texas- Feb 26, 2012
The Queer Texas Prayerbook- Taproom Poetry Series- An Evening with Aldon Nielsen and Crystal Boson- Lawrence, Kansas-
July 15, 2011
SERVICE
Judge: St. Agnes Writers' Festival Contest.
December 2015
Judge. St. Agnes Writers Festival Contest.
December 2014
the bitter map- Honeysuckle Press. July 2018.
The Queer Texas Prayerbook- Seven Kitchens Press. September 2012
The Icarus Series- Seven Kitchens Press. October 2009.
INDIVIDUAL POEMS
"drymouth prayer # 6" - Watershed Review- Fall 2016 Issue.
"God willin and the creek" - Watershed Review - Fall 2016 Issue.
"the year of the cottonmouth" - Blueshift Journal- issue 5. ed. August 2016
"the water bearer." - Blueshift Journal- issue 5. August 2016
"backslidin" - Special Episode: A Celebration of Queer Voices. All Up In Your Ears. (40:55)
“kansas up south”- Parcel – ed. Kate Lorenz. Spring 2014. Pg. 62 Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
“ashcroft” – 100 Ghost Stories. Wonder Fair. October 2012. Pg. 45.
“truck month”- When We Become Weavers” Queer Female Poets of the Midwest ed. Kate Lynn Hibbard.- Squares and Rebels- October 2012. Pg. 54
“seriously, pray for rain” - When We Become Weavers Queer Female Poets of the Midwest- ed. Kate Lynn Hibbard.- Squares and Rebels- October 2012. Pg. 55
“...in language he can understand”- When We Become Weavers”
Queer Female Poets of the Midwest- ed. Kate Lynn Hibbard.- Squares and Rebels-October 2012. Pg. 56
“she’s the prayin’ kind” -PANK- The Queer Issue- ed. Tim Jones-Yelvington. October 2010. 5.10.
“ ‘viticus” - PANK- The Queer Issue- ed. Tim Jones-Yelvington. October 2010. 5.10.
“how the gays pray for rain” - PANK-The Queer Issue- ed. Tim Jones-Yelvington. October 2010. 5.10.
“it is most fortunate that the child is tall enough to ride- a haiku” -Callaloo- Winter 2009. Vol. 32, Issue 1. 228.
WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS
Cave Canem. June 12-19th 2016.
Rhode Island Writers Colony. June 15-28th 2015.
2010 Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop- College Station, Texas- Summer 2010
2008 Callaloo Writer’s Workshop-
St Louis, Missouri- Summer 2008
POETRY READINGS
Reading- Kansas Up South/Queer Texas Prayerbook – Wonderland Books – Martin TN –
October 26, 2013
Visiting Poet- Washington High School – Kansas City, Kansas – October 2, 2013 Reading/Interview- Kansas Up South
Wednesday Midday Medley – July 17, 2013 – 90.1 KKFI
The Queer Texas Prayerbook and Kansas Up South
The Writer’s Place Kansas City MO-
June 27, 2013
Reading/Interview-The Queer Texas Prayerbook
Wednesday Midday Medley- August 10, 2012- 90.1 FM KKFI
The Queer Texas Prayerbook
The Big Tent Reading Series- Lawrence KS-
July 26, 2012
The Queer Texas Prayerbook
The Writer’s Place Kansas City MO-
June 15, 2012
Visiting Poet-Trinity Valley High School -Ft. Worth Texas- Feb 26, 2012
The Queer Texas Prayerbook- Taproom Poetry Series- An Evening with Aldon Nielsen and Crystal Boson- Lawrence, Kansas-
July 15, 2011
SERVICE
Judge: St. Agnes Writers' Festival Contest.
December 2015
Judge. St. Agnes Writers Festival Contest.
December 2014