Christianne Balk Explained

Christianne Balk
Occupation:	Poet
Education:	Grinnell College

Christianne Balk (born 1953) is an American poet.

Life

Balk graduated with honors in biology from Grinnell College and taught at the University of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in Pequod,^[1] Crazyhorse,^[2] Sulfur,^[3] The Centennial Review^[4] The Missouri Review,^[5] Sonora Review,^[6] Prairie Schooner^[7] Harper's,^[8] and The New Yorker.^[9] She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and daughter.^[10]

Awards

• 1985 Walt Whitman Award
• 1994 Verna Emory Award^[11]

Works

Poetry

• Book: Elegy; How Stories Get Started. https://books.google.com/books?id=upU0d_sHNGkC&dq=Christianne+Balk&pg=PA10. Words we call home. Linda Svendsen. University of British Columbia Press. 1990. 978-0-7748-0367-0 .
• Lauds for St. Germaine Cousin. The Atlantic Monthly. September 2002 .
• Book: Bindweed . Collier Books . 1986 . 978-0-02-627660-3 . registration .
• Book: Desiring Flight . Purdue University Press. 1995. 978-1-55753-062-2 .

Anthologies

• Book: Under the rock umbrella. William J. Walsh, Jack (INT) Myers. https://books.google.com/books?id=iiG_MOtag50C&dq=Christianne+Balk&pg=PA26. Lauds for St. Germaine cousin; Dusk Choir; Dear Hippopotamus. Mercer University Press. 2006. 978-0-88146-047-6 .

See also

• American poetry

Notes and References

1. Book: Pequod – Google Books . May 16, 2007 . October 20, 2011.
2. Book: Crazy horse – Southwest Minnesota State College. American Language Skills Program – Google Books . May 28, 2008 . October 20, 2011.
3. Book: Sulfur – California Institute of Technology – Google Books . February 28, 2008 . October 20, 2011.
4. Book: CR. The Centennial review – Michigan State University. College of Arts and Letters – Google Books . June 29, 2007 . October 20, 2011.
5. Book: The Missouri review – University of Missouri-Columbia. Dept. of English – Google Books . June 12, 2008 . October 20, 2011.
6. Book: Sonora review – Google Books . June 7, 2008 . October 20, 2011.
7. Balk . Christianne . Bathsheba, and: St. Germaine Considers the Gift of Hunger, and: Mother, Daughter . Prairie Schooner . 2005 . 79 . 3 . 52–54 . 10.1353/psg.2005.0098 . 72732652 . .
8. Web site: Balk, Christianne (Harper's Magazine) . Harpers.org . October 20, 2011.
9. Balk . Christianne . Poetry: John Muir Remembers Eliza Hendricks . The New Yorker . August 1, 2011 . October 20, 2011.
10. Web site: Christianne Balk | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers . Pw.org . June 9, 2008 . October 20, 2011.
11. Book: Indianapolis Monthly – Google Books . October 20, 2011. October 1995 .