Christien G. Gholson

Christien Gholson is the author of several books of poetry, including Absence: Presence (Shanti Arts), All the Beautiful Dead (Bitter Oleander Press) and On the Side of the Crow (Hanging Loose Press); along with a novel, A Fish Trapped Inside the Wind (Parthian Books). Several of his chapbooks can be found online, including Tidal Flats (Mudlark) and How the World was Made (2River View). He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and his work has appeared in many journals, including Ecotone, Permafrost, Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, Banyan Review, The Shore, Hotel Amerika, Alaska Quarterly Review, Tiger Moth Review, and The Sun. He is a mental health counselor, with a focus on somatic-oriented therapy; and lives in Oregon, surrounded by crows, firs, beautiful and haunted faces, fire smoke, and the dreams of falling oak leaves. http://christiengholson.blogspot.com/