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Adrienne Christian

Adrienne Christian is a writer and fine art photographer. She has published three collections of poetry including Worn (Santa Fe Writers Project, 2021), A Proper Lover (Main St. Rag, 2017), and 12023 Woodmont Avenue (Willow Lit, 2013). Christian's work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been featured in Prairie SchoonerHayden's Ferry Review, Phoebe, CALYX, Today's Black Woman, The Los Angeles Review, and others. She earned a PhD in English with a concentration in creative writing from the University of Nebraska in 2020, holds an MFA in English from Pacific University, and has also studied photography.

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