A native Mid-Westerner, Christina Lovin was born in Galesburg, Illinois, but has lived and worked in states as varied as Indiana, Ohio, Maine, and North Carolina. She now makes her home in Central Kentucky, where she lives with four rescue dogs in a town reminiscent of Mayberry RFD. After having several careers, including minister�s wife, retail shop owner, and VISTA volunteer, she received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree from New England College in 2004. She began teaching college-level writing courses that fall, and is currently a full-time lecturer in the English & Theatre Department at Eastern Kentucky University.
Lovin's writing has appeared in over one hundred different literary journals and anthologies, as well as four other volumes of poetry (A Stirring in the Dark, Flesh, Little Fires, and What We Burned for Warmth). She is the recipient of numerous poetry awards, writing residencies, fellowships, and grants, most notably the Al Smith Fellowship from Kentucky Arts Council and Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. Echo, her fifth book of poetry was also generously funded by the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
