Kristy Bowen
- Gender: Female
- Astrological Sign: Taurus
- Industry: Arts
- Occupation: poet/artist/sometimes library assistant
- Location: Chicago : IL : United States
About Me
A poet and visual artist, Kristy Bowen runs dancing girl press & studio, which publishes a chapbook series for women poets, produces the online lit zine wicked alice, and hosts an online shop, dulcet, featuring a variety of books, art, paper goods, and other random fancies. She is the author of in the bird museum (Dusie Press, 2008) and the fever almanac (Ghost Road Press, 2006) as well as several chapbooks. Her third book, girl show, will be published by Ghost Road Press in late 2009. Visit www.kristybowen.net for more info.
When you open your eyes underwater, do you ever worry that you'll drown?
No, but if I open my mouth it might become an issue...
Interests
- poetry
- mythology
- erotica
- feminist theory
- collage/text art
- web design
- Joseph Cornell
- french poster art
- victoriana
- photography
- carnvivals/sideshows
Favorite Movies
- anything done by Richard Linklater
- Kevin Smith
- and Whit Stillman. Trashy and not so trashy horror flicks.
Favorite Music
Favorite Books
- Victorian novels
- anything by Lorrie Moore
- Larissa Spzorluk
- Anne Carson
- Olena Kalytiak Davis
- Simone Muench
- CD Wright
- Daphne Gottlieb
- Mary Ann Samyn
- Sylvia Plath
- Mina Loy
- Adrienne Rich
- Milan Kundera
- E.M Forster
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Faulkner
