Author Interview - Christie Collins

Dr. Christie Collins is an author and poet currently living in Starkville, MS.She is a professor at Mississippi State University, where she teaches courses in writing and literature. She received her Ph.D. in Critical and Creative Writing from Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales.Christie was an official panelist on the Poetry Panel at the 2023 Mississippi Book Festival. She will also be a presenter at the 2023 Welty Symposium at the Mississippi University for Women.-Christie Collins's first full-length collection of poetry, The Art of Coming Undone, is available on bookshop.org.We also have a limited number of signed copies of Christie's book The Art of Coming Undone available for purchase in store and on the Friendly City Books website.-Thank you to Christie for joining us at the bookstore to tape this interview. We can't wait to have her join us for the Mississippi Book Festival Afterword: A Post-Festival Celebration at Friendly City Books on Saturday, August 26, 2023.Learn more about our author events on our website or sign up for our email newsletter.-Thanks to Mississippi poet Thomas Richardson for hosting this interview. Signed copies of Thomas's poetry collection How To Read are available in store and on the Friendly City Books website.-Thank you for supporting Friendly City Books by listening to our podcast. Shop with us in store and online at friendlycitybooks.com/shop or through bookshop.org and libro.fm.-Find us on social media -Facebook: facebook.com/friendlycitybooksInstagram: @friendlycitybooksTiktok: @friendlycitybooks-Host: Thomas RichardsonGuest Author: Christie CollinsMusic: Rear Projection by Hartle RoadFriendly City Books Inc.Friendlycitybooks.com