Chris Dombrowskiane Arroyo
Poetry

Chris Dombrowski is the author of the poetry collection By Cold Water (Wayne State University Press), a finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Poetry Book of the Year, and the chapbook Fragments with Dusk in Them (Punctilious Press). Forthcoming publications include a chapbook, September Miniatures with Blood and Mars (Checker Press, 2012) and a collection, Fire's Bride (WSUP, 2013). His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Crazyhorse, Denver Quarterly, New Letters, Poetry, and Poetry Daily. His awards include the Associated Writing Programs' Intro Award, Alligator Juniper's National Poetry Prize, and a writing fellowship from the UCross Foundation. Additionally, in venues such as Outside, Gray's Sporting Journal, Orion, and The Sun, he has published essays and articles that chronicle his fifteen summers as a river-guide in Montana. Born in Michigan and educated at Hope College and the University of Montana, Dombrowski currently teaches creative writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts. With his family, he divides his time between Michigan and Montana.