April 19-23, 2006   Spokane and Cheney, WA
	Christopher Buckley Christopher Buckley Christopher Buckley has published fourteen books of poetry, most recently … And the Sea (Sheep Meadow Press, 2006) and Sky (Sheep Meadow Press, 2004). He has also published two books of creative nonfiction, including Sleepwalk (Eastern Washington University Press, 2006), and edited several anthologies. His work is rooted in the culture, physical scenes, and politics of California. World Literature Today writes of Sky, "Buckley's craft has never been better, especially in the astonishingly fresh images and tropes we encounter on every page … Sky is an earnest and honest book, full of poetic discovery in an unpretentious and authentic voice."   Buckley was raised in Santa Barbara, California, and educated at St. Mary's College (BA), San Diego State University (MA), and the University of California Irvine (MFA). He teaches in the Creative Writing Department at the University of California Riverside. He has received National Endowment for the Arts grants for 2001 & 1984, a Fulbright Award to Yugoslavia, four Pushcart Prizes, two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants, and he has twice received the Gertrude B. Claytor Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Other awards include the John Atherton Fellowship in Poetry to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and an artist's residency at the Ucross Foundation.     Authors  |  Children / Youth  |  Keynotes  |  Panels  |  Schedule  |  Sponsorships  |  Tickets  |  Workshops  |  Back to Main