Christine Garren is the author of three collections of poetry, Afterworld (University of Chicago, 1993), Among the Monarchs (University of Chicago, 2000).and The Piercing (Louisiana State University Press, 2006). Her chapbook, The Difficult Here, is available at 42 Miles Press. A Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist and NEA Fellowship recipient, she was born in Philadelphia and has lived in Greensboro, North Carolina, since 1979.
Christine Garren
Studios
Mansfield
Christine Garren worked in the Mansfield studio.
The Helen Coolidge Mansfield Studio was donated by graduates of the Mansfield War Service Classes for Reconstruction Aides. Helen Mansfield helped found the New York MacDowell Club. The small, shingled frame structure with stone foundation was originally fronted on the west side by a neat white picket fence and gate, a garden, and a stone pathway…