Christine Kanownik is the author of the poetry collections HEAD (Trembling Pillow Press, 2019) and KING OF PAIN (Monk Books 2016), as well as the chapbook We Are Now Beginning to Act Wildly (Diez Press, 2012). Her work has appeared in FENCE, Diagram, Cosmonaut Avenue, jubilat and elsewhere. Kanownik has been the recipient of grants and residencies from the Congress Theatre, the University of Chicago, and others. She lives in Chicago.