Christina Marrocco
Author and Poet
Winner: Book of the Year, Chicago Writers Association
A byddaf gyda thi, heb fethiant,
Pan fydd y cwmwl yn fantell, a'r tywyllwch yn awyr,
A phan ddaw'r nos, felly hefyd y byddaf.
--Dafydd ap Gwilym, 14th Century Welsh Poet
And I’ll be with you, without fail,
When the cloud is cloak, and the dark is sky,
And when the night comes, so will I.
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Team Christina is very excited to receive the first review of The Way Beauty Comes Apart. The book is set in Wales so it's especially nice to get a review like this from an author/blogger who lives in that country. Pre-orders open soon! In the meantime, enjoy this insightful write-up by Chris Malone.
Northern Public Radio's Yvonne Boose interviewed Christina to learn more about her forthcoming novel-in-stories, The Way Beauty Comes Apart.
Christina Marrocco, PhD, associate professor of English at Elgin Community College, is the 2022 winner of the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award for Indie Fiction. Marrocco’s novel, Addio, Love Monster, tells a series of linked stories spanning generations on the ‘regular’ yet remarkable Singer Street of fictional midcentury Mulberry Park, just outside of Chicago.
This past June, Elgin Community College English professor Christina Marrocco, Ph.D., published her novel “Addio, Love Monster.” The story received critical acclaim and won the award for the Chicago Writers Association 2022 Book of the Year in the Indie Fiction category.
About
Christina Marrocco is a lush and candid writer and poet who delves into dark humor and human complexity, taking readers on a journey to remember. Her work often centers on complex family issues and characters who encounter realistic and multidimensional struggles in a working class environment. Her debut novel, Addio, Love Monster is the winner of Best New Independant Press Fiction for 2022 from Chicago Writers Association. Her second book, to be entitled The Way Beauty Comes Apart , told from the perspective of the dead in turn of the century Wales, is just about to launch!
The Way Beautiy Comes Apart is the first in a three book series entitled We're Still Here. So there's even more to look forward to.
Contact:
Contact Christina at the email above to schedule readings, events, workshops, contest judging, etc.