Christine Kanownik

I am a writer, editor, and strategist living in Michigan.

I'm a poet, copywriter, and environmental writer. I talk about trees on my Substack Trees for the Trees. I'm the author of two books of poetry and a chapbook, Blood Bath with Cul-de-sac of Blood.


I also curate and host the monthly reading series FIELD TRIP at Book Suey in Hamtramck, Michigan.


Christine Kanownik has the rare ability of truly funny people to make the people around them funnier. Her sense of humor is energetic but also patient, like a jeweler examining the facets of a gemstone except with jokes...

Jared White

This is the book's most satisfying aspect: that the lyric feels intimate and conversational without losing rhythm or momentum. Electric with breath and blood, Kanownik's poems remind readers that yes, disaster looms, but one must still contend with the self: "living this long// it is a project."

Publisher's Weekly

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