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Christina M. Rau - Queens Gazette

Christina M. Rau, born, raised, and residing on the border of Long Island and Queens, is the author of What We Do To Make Us Whole, the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Astronauts, and the poetry chapbooks WakeBreatheMove and For The Girls, I. She serves as Poet in Residence for both Cedarmere and the Oceanside Library (NY) and was 2020 Walt Whitman […]

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Specpo on the radio

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Radio show

Thanks to WUSB’s Destinies for airing my poem “As Reported from the Bunny Suit.” Poem starts at 4:38.

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Skink Beat Review Pride 2.2

Pride Issue 2.2

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Christina Rau's Walk to End Alzheimer's Page

I am Walking to End Alzheimer's. Donate today and help me reach my goal.

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Recap: Book Launch By Day for What We Do To Make Us Whole

I was overwhelmed. So. Overwhelmed. I still am. Growing up, I was awkward and weird and out of place. As an adult, as we all know, part of me still feels that way. There’s always the doubt of…

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Issue 3 — NINE CLOUD JOURNAL

Read “An Ancient Wisdom” and “Morning Prayers” in this journal and again in What We Do To Make Us Whole.

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A Feeling Like Nowhere (excerpt)

The entirety of “A Feeling Like Nowhere” appears in the poetry collection What We Do To Make Us Whole, Alien Buddha Press 2021.What We Do To Make Us Whole ht...

Sometimes we write about one thing and then we realize it’s about so much more. This poem is no longer mine. Make it your own. “A Feeling Like Nowhere” appears in its entirety in What We Do To Make Us Whole. Available 12/31/21 from Alien Buddha Press.

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Belongings: An Upheaval

What We Do To Make Us Whole is on its way from Alien Buddha Press  on 12/31/21. Live Twitter reading on 1/1/22. In person book launch by day on 1/16/22. Book launch after hours coming soon. For now, here's another peek at the poetry in the pages of my forthcoming collection. (This originally appeared as part of the New Orleans Poetry Festival 2020 when the festival went virtual)

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The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2021, pt. 9: Christina M. Rau

The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening 2021 by Christina M. Rau Fanfare for reading as much as I did! I usually don’t...

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What We Do To Make Us Whole Trailer 2

What We Do To Make Us Whole, a poetry collection by Christina M. Rau, published by Alien Buddha Press

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Back Cover Reveal: What We Do To Make Us Whole

There’s a back cover, too! Katie Manning is the author of Tasty Other and editor for Whale Road Review, and one of the poems in What We Do To Make Us Whole first found a home in her journal. M. J. …