Résumé
Christy Sheffield Sanford
ChristyS@gnv.fdt.net

Education:
  • Master of Arts Degree, Creative Writing and Interarts, McGregor School of Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH, 1991-93.

  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, (Minor in Art and Philosophy), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1970-72.

  • Graduate Poetry Workshop with David Kirby, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1987.

  • Associate Artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts (Master Artists: Diane Ackerman, 1988; Carolee Schneemann, 1988; Ron Bayes, 1987; Terry Allen, 1987; Maxine Kumin, 1984), New Smyrna Beach, FL.

  • Adult Education Master's Degree Program (Sixty-two Hours): Ohio State University (Forty-seven Hours), Columbus, OH, 1978-80 and University of Georgia (Fifteen Hours), Athens, GA, 1978.
Publications
Internet:
Interviews Related to Web Work:
  • COLUMBUS DISPATCH, "A Web Transfusion." Interviewed by George Myers Jr, Dispatch Book Critic, cover The Arts, Monday, October 18, 1996.

  • CABARET VOLTAIRE. Christy Sheffield Sanford interviewed by Deborah Artman (Madame Rosa) on AOL, October 15, 1995.

Publications
Books:
  • SUR LES POINTES (The Ballerina and the Sea Anemone), published by White Eagle Coffee Store Press, Fox River Grove, IL, 1995.

  • THE KISS, published by Radio Room Press, Toledo Poets Center, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1995.

  • THE H'S: THE SPASMS OF A REQUIEM (A Meditation on the Effects of Romanticism, Modern Architecture and the Love of Adventure in the Life of a Suicide Victim), Bloody Twin Press, Stout, OH, 1994.

  • THE ITALIAN SMOKING PIECE (With Simultaneous Translation), published by Helicon Nine Editions, Kansas City, MO, 1992.

  • THE COWRIE SHELL PIECE (With Baroque and Rococo Strains), published by Flockophobic Press, Ltd., New York, NY, 1991.

  • BRIDE THRASHING THROUGH HISTORY, published by Bloody Twin Press, Stout, OH, 1990.

  • ONLY THE NUDE CAN REDEEM THE LANDSCAPE, published by Apalachee Press, Tallahassee, FL, 1989.
Anthologies:
  • "Bigamy in the Desert." COFFEEHOUSE: WRITINGS FROM THE WEB, Edited by Levi Asher and Christian Crumlish, 1997.

  • "Safara in the Beginning." Web Anthology, CD-ROM forthcoming from Eastgate, 1997.

  • "Turn of the Century (Time, Lines)." AMERICAN POETS SAY GOODBYE TO THE 20th CENTURY, Four Walls, Eight Windows, Edited by Andrei Codrescu and Laura Rosenthal, New York, NY, 1996, pp. 319-321.

  • "Traveling through Ports that Begin with M" and "Hurricane! Alex!." ISLE OF FLOWERS, Anhinga Press, Tallahassee, FL, 1995, pp. 129-133.

  • "Le Roman des Agrumes," "Le Roman des Reptiles," "Valérie Visitant les V de la Floride" and "ABCdaire de l'Amour." AIRES, (Des Poètes Américaines: Ecriture), #11, translated into French by Michel Pasquier and Oliver Apert, St-Genest-Malifaux, France, 1990, one of three authors, pp. 30-51.

  • Anthologies Prior to 1990 by Name, Place, Editor and Date: "Dreams of Snakes, Chocolate and Men" and "The Romance of Citrus (Sectional Version)." THE STIFFEST OF THE CORPSE: AN EXQUISITE CORPSE READER 1983-1988, City Lights Books, Andrei Codrescu, Editor, 1989; "Machine Scored Short Answer Poem #3." NORTH OF WAKULLA, Anhinga Press, Mary Jane Ryals and Donna Decker, Editors, 1989; "The Romance of Citrus (Sectional Version)," "Traveling through Ports that Begin with `M' (Seafood Medley)," "Dreams of Snakes, Chocolate and Men," "The Romance of Imprinting (Cases of Bonding and Possession)" and "Scattered Fog." AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1970:UP LATE, Four Walls Eight Windows, Andrei Codrescu, Editor, 1987.
Periodicals:
  • "Rachel's Recovery." TARANTELLA, New York, NY, forthcoming.

    "Slashes." DIE YOUNG, Lafayette, LA, forthcoming.

    "Up Fifty Feet," "Come to Daddy," "Blue Lust" and "Blue Mud" from Blue Lust Diagrams. CENTRAL PARK, New York, NY, Number 26, Winter, 1997, pp. 16-20.

    "Bivens Arm Nature Poem (Thirty-One Afternoons in Winter)." CHAIN, New York, NY, #3., Vol 1, 1996, pp. 180-182.

    "If If," "Black Snake" and "Beautiful Decomposition" from Blue Lust Diagrams. PRIVATE, Chicago, IL, Spring, 1996, Issue 10, pp. 148-151.

    "Sopa." THE ILLINOIS REVIEW, Bloomington, IL, Double Issue: Fall, 1995/Spring, 1996, pp. 91-94.

    "PG3335 .Z8, M18," "PQ2354 .D68, 1986," "PQ 2607 .U8245, 1976," and "GN282.W55 1989," from Library of Congress. THE ILLINOIS REVIEW, Bloomington, IL, Double Issue: Fall 1995/Spring 1996, pp. 101-102.

    "Thirty-One Days in July." HEAVEN BONE, Chester, NY, Issue 12, 1996, pp 39-42.

    "Swamp" from Packaged Deals. OYSTER BOY, Chapel Hill, NC, Issue 3, Fall,1995, Centerfold.

    "Georgette's Revenge (Linked Frames)." TO: A JOURNAL OF POETRY, PROSE + THE VISUAL ARTS, Narberth, PA, Summer, 1995, pp. 86-100.

    "Blue Mud-Lust" and "Right Hand" from Blue Lust Diagrams. FICTION INTERNATIONAL, San Diego, CA, #27, 1995, pp. 81-83.

    "PQ 1805.L5 A72" and "QB981 H377 1988" from Library of Congress. NO ROSES REVIEW, Chicago, IL, Summer, 1995, pp. 41-42.

    "The P's (With a Few Red Lilies from France)." MISSISSIPPI MUD, # 37, Portland, OR, 1994, p. 42.

    "Italian Smoking Piece (With Simultaneous Translation)." APALACHEE QUARTERLY, #39, Tallahassee, FL, 1993, pp. 1-17.

    "The Color Scheme," "The H's: The Spasms of a Requiem (With Tigers, Electric Saw and De Maupassant's Hearts)," "Hand Jive (Blond and Black, Sunlight and Mourning)," "Flashback #1 (The Kinetic Museum)," and "Somersaults (With Goddess Stomp)" from The H's: The Spasms of a Requiem." PRIVATE, #7, Chicago, IL, 1992, pp. 51-58.

    "L'élève." EXQUISITE CORPSE, #37, Baton Rouge, LA, July-Aug., 1992, p. 17.

    "Flashback #2 (The Tête à Tête)" and "The Send Off" from The H's: The Spasms of a Requiem. THE WORLD (Poetry Project), #43, New York, NY, 1992, pp. 54-55.

    "Florida Map Meat." THE WORLD (Poetry Project), #43, NY, NY, 1992, p. 55.

    "Italian Tomato Label Love Song." CAPRICE, Wichita, KS, June, 1992, p. 62.

    "Mexico City Is Sinking, Komodo Dragons and Cocks-of-the-Rock." YELLOW SILK, Albany, CA, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 42-45.

    "Pearls and Swine." ACM [Another Chicago Magazine], #24, Chicago, IL, Fall, 1992, pp. 145-150.

    "Pink Silk Poem." CAPRICE, Wichita, KS, Aug., 1992, p. 11.

    "Raisin Bread (With Lecture Notes and Shadows)." FIVE FINGERS REVIEW, #11, San Francisco, CA, 1992, pp. 146-152.

    "Scenes of Angela Kissing (With Tunnel Visions, Snow White and Dopey)." BLACK ICE, #9, Boulder, CO, 1992, pp. 43-49.

    "Triptych: Panel #1: Laws of the Jungle," "Panel #2: Wailing" and "Panel #3: Funeral Arrangement (A Layering of Steel and Flowers)" from The H's: The Spasms of a Requiem. SONORA REVIEW, #22/23, Tucson, AZ, Spring, 1992, pp. 99-101.

    "Do-It-Yourself Woman Enveloped and De-Enveloping." PIG IRON, #17, Youngstown, OH, 1991, p. 63.

    "Measuring (Sixties Sex Research, Moving into the Realm of the Angels)." EXQUISITE CORPSE, #33, Baton Rouge, LA, 1991, p. 27.

    Works Prior to 1991 Listed by Name, Place and Year: "Black and Tan Fantasy (Dance after Duke Ellington)." CAPRICE, 1990; "Crab Dance." ARTFUL DODGE, 1990; "Dance of the Five Veils." THE NEW YORK QUARTERLY, 1990; "Hurt Park." THE NEW YORK QUARTERLY, 1990; "Maculate Conception at Bivens Arm." EARTH'S DAUGHTERS, 1990; "Mary, Tied to Dressing Table." BIG WEDNESDAY, 1990; "Missionary Movingthrough M's (With Multiple Choices and Found List)." BIG WEDNESDAY, 1990; "1928 Guide to the Italian Riviera (Lux Flakes)." APALACHEE QUARTERLY, 1990; "Black Hawk (My `Antonia')." THE MINNESOTA REVIEW, 1989; "Balzac Robed, Balzac Nude." NEGATIVE CAPABILITY, 1989; "Come Closer, Leo (Portrait of a Moving Subject)." VOL. NO., 1989; "Gargoyle Piece (To Be Performed at Notre Dame by Churchgoers, Tourists, Others)." NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, 1989; "Home Movie of My Grandmother Laughing (With Quotes from an Article on Crystals, a Cadillac Brochure and the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám)." EPOCH, 1989; "Lady of the Valentine (With Dangerous Suggestions)." HELICON NINE, 1989; "Magnolia Grandiflora L." KANSAS QUARTERLY, 1989; "New Guinea Seduction." MARGIN, 1989; "Raisin Bread (With Lecture Notes and Shadows)." CENTRAL PARK, 1989; "The Romance of Citrus (Sectional Version)." 11 x 30, (Toledo Poets Center), 1989; "Romance of Reptiles (An Evolutionary Tale)." SPEAKEASY, 1989; "Song of the Necklaces (Soap Opera Version)." GYPSY, 1989; "Southern New Mexico Preference Test (Short Answer Machine Scored, Form B)." Z MISCELLANEOUS, 1989; "A Starry Night with Perfect Swirls (Twentieth Century Iconic Martyrs)." MISSISSIPPI MUD, 1989; "Voyageant de Port en Port à l'Initial `M' (Plateau de fruits de mer)." In French in AIRES, 1989; "Watching the Sand Shift in North Africa in 1939 (With Quotes from Rimbaud's A Season in Hell)." MISSISSIPPI MUD, 1989; "Weight of Dreams." Z MISCELLANEOUS, 1989; "Zelia's Visual Vocabulary (Red Truck, Mulberry Lipstick, Spanish Style New Orleans House)." MISSISSIPPI MUD, 1989; "The Bug." APALACHEE QUARTERLY, 1988; "Double Portrait of George Sand and Frédéric Chopin (After the Painting by Delacroix with Quotes from Sand's Consuelo and Chopin's Letters and Music)." GYPSY, 1988; "Fan Dance." THE NEW YORK QUARTERLY, 1988; "The Garage." ALTERNATIVE FICTION & POETRY, 1988; "Hot and Cold Plums (McLuhan Memories)." THE FLORIDA REVIEW, 1988; "Looking at Paris and the Moon in 1922 (With Phrases from Mina Loy's Lunar Guide)." QUARTERLY WEST, 1988; "Imperfections in Various Sizes (New York City)." COLORADO REVIEW, 1988; "Nina Tied to the Bed." SUB-TERRAIN, 1988; "Our Lady of the Miracles (Every Savior Ought To Be Saved)." THE FICTION REVIEW, 1988; "Painted Man." KALLIOPE, 1988; "Pink Silk Poem." REACTOR, 1988; "The Romance of Fainting (Blackout Cases)." APALACHEE QUARTERLY, 1988; "The Romance of Swooning (Our Lady of Troy, New York)." BLACK ICE, 1988; "Scenario for Marion and Gregory (Stories)." NEGATIVE CAPABILITY, 1988; "Sunday Brides." WISCONSIN REVIEW, 1988; "Valerie, Touring V's in Florida." SONORA REVIEW, 1988; "The Apprentice's Revenge, Being the True Account of a California Girl's Tribulations During the Middle Ages in Prussia (With Translations and Multiple Choices for the Reader)." APALACHEE QUARTERLY, 1987; "Black Lace/White Lace." SWIFT KICK, 1987; "Cat Scan of a Paper Doll." KALLIOPE, 1987; "Galileo's Ode to the Stars (Brides Traveling through National Geographic)." THE ARTS JOURNAL, l987; "Hurt Park." ASYLUM, 1987; "Indigo Love Affair (Dreams Never Grow Old)." BLACK ICE, 1987; "Nettie Tied to Car." PARAGRAPH, 1987; "Our Lady of the Lavender Mist (For Woman, Men and Reader)." SLIPSTREAM, 1987; "The Princess and Her Servant (Wide-Angle Photo of the Defunct Southeast Gainesville Depot)." KALLIOPE, 1987; "Romance of the Scallop." PULPSMITH, 1987; "Scenes with Balloons (Creating the Stilleto-Soft Environment)." BLACK ICE, 1987; "Suburban Night Work." PARAGRAPH, 1987; "Swimmers North Florida: Bed (After Jennifer Bartlett's Painting `Swimmers Atlanta: Boat')." WOODRIDER, 1987-88; "The Woman, Baseball and the Dolphin." BLACK ICE, 1987; "Bride Thrashing Thru History on Her Way to Silicon Valley." PHOEBUS, 1986; "Dreams of Snakes, Chocolate and Men." EXQUISITE CORPSE, 1986; "Hardcore Personals." CINCINNATI POETRY REVIEW, 1986; "Hard-Wired Bondage." CALIFORNIA STATE POETRY QUARTERLY, 1986; "Homecoming Parade." IMPETUS, 1986; "Nesting inthe Sands." COLUMBIA, 1986; "Only the Nude Can Redeem the Landscape (Picture Postcards from Daytona Beach, Florida)." COLUMBIA, 1986; "The Porsche Ballet." SALOME, 1986; "The R-Complex." EXQUISITE CORPSE, 1986; "The Romance of Citrus (Sectional Version)." EXQUISITE CORPSE, 1986; "The Romance of Mud." MISSISSIPPI MUD, 1986; "Satin Doll Dreams in Black, Yellow and Purple (For Man, Woman, Group and Audience)." DREAMWORKS, 1986; "Shirley, Skipping." THE FLORIDA REVIEW, 1986; "Supplicants and Shrines." IMAGE, 1986-87; "Torso." AMELIA, 1986; "The Touching of Our Forearms." YELLOW SILK, 1986; "Traveling through Ports that Begin with `M' (Seafood Medley)." MISSISSIPPI MUD, 1986; "A Wedding with Reservations (Silkscreen Print, 1/100)." CINCINNATI POETRY REVIEW, 1986; "The Artists' Model." LIPS, 1985; "8 mm Wedding, Spliced." VISIONS, 1985; "Her Dowry." THE FLORIDA REVIEW, 1985; "Launching Acculturation into the Firmament (Lingerie in Outer Space)." A FINE MADNESS, 1985; "Machine Scored Short Answer Poem, #2." POETRY MOTEL, 1985; "The Oranges of a 1980's Artemis Ephesia (Suburban Sculpture)." REBIRTH OF ARTEMIS, 1985; "The R-Complex." ELECTRUM, 1985; "Renée and Ben Waiting (After Suzanne Valadon's `The Blue Room')." DREAMWORKS, 1984-85; "The Romance of Imprinting (Cases of Bonding and Possession)." OYEZ REVIEW, 1985; "The Romance of Yielding." ELECTRUM, 1985; "This Bride Is Not an Expressway." RANDOM WEIRDNESS, 1985; "Black Lace/White Lace." THE NEW LAUREL REVIEW, 1984; "The Excitement of Ice." BLACK ICE, 1984; "Great Handshakes." THE PIEDMONT LITERARY REVIEW, 1984; "The Honeymoons." YELLOW SILK, 1984; "Hurricane! Alex!" BLACK ICE, 1984; "Minoan Incantation in the Courthouse Square." GRYPHON, 1984; "On Taking Your Daughter's Hand." THE PIEDMONT LITERARY REVIEW, 1984; "Scattered Fog (Caresses and Bruises Received in the Mist)." SLIPSTREAM, 1984; "Florida Bed with Flora." KALLIOPE, 1983; "The Oranges of a 1983 Artemis Ephesia (Suburban Sculpture)." GRYPHON, 1983; "Pre-frondescent Black Lace Bras." GRYPHON, 1983.


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