Christopher Watkins’ second poetry collection, Famished, was published by Pine Row Press in spring 2024. His debut, Short Houses with Wide Porches, was published by Shady Lane Press (a program of The Jack Kerouac Writer-in-Residence Project). His work has appeared in Redivider, The Massachusetts Review, Harpur Palate, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and more. His most recent chapbook was a finalist with Quillkeepers Press and shortlisted by Beyond Words Magazine. Watkins holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. He is a Poetry Editor for Rooted Literary Magazine, and Senior Writer at Deque, an organization advancing digital equality. He is also a songwriter and musician with thirteen albums released under the name Preacher Boy. He lives in Santa Cruz, California, and has previously resided in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and the west of Ireland.