CURTIS L. CRISLER is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at IPFW.  His poetry book Pulling Scabs will be released in 2009 by Aquarius Press.  In 2009, Leaving Me Behind: Writing a new me, a nonfiction book addressing the six week Summer Bridge experience at IPFW was released, which Crisler co-wrote with his 2008 Summer Bridge Students.  In 2008, Spill won the 2008 Keyhole Chapbook Award.  His poetry book Tough Boy Sonatas was published in 2007, and is also on Recorded Books.  Crisler’s Tough Boy Sonatas was a 2009 recipient of The Eric Hoffer Award. Crisler is also a Cave Canem Fellow. 

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