Bio

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Christopher Blackman is a poet from Columbus, Ohio. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, DIAGRAM, Cleaver Magazine, Southeast Review, Sixth Finch, and Baltimore Review, among other publications. His debut book of poems, Three-day Weekend, won Gunpowder Press’ Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize, and was published in 2024. It was longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Awards. He currently lives outside of Boston.