Krysia Jopek was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She holds four degrees: a B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Connecticut, an M.Phil. (Master’s of Philosophy) in English from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, and an M.F.A. in Literary Fiction from Albertus Magnus. She studied in London her sophomore year of college and attended Semester at Sea in Fall of 1988 before teaching English at City College New York (CCNY) from 1991-2001. The combination of her travels, education, and teaching experience informs her worldview and subsequently, her writing, with a global dimension.
Her first novel, poetic in nature, Maps and Shadows (Aquila Polonica 2010), won a Silver Benjamin Franklin award in 2011 in Historical Fiction. Her chapbook Hourglass Studies (Crisis Chronicles, 2017), a sequence poem in twelve sections, was nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. This small book was influenced by Rainer Maria’s short book, The Book of Hours. Her first full-length book of poetry, DIRGE: a ballet for 13 dancers, a long sequence “fragment-hymn” poem in 13 acts, is forthcoming with Pierian Springs Press, 2022. Krysia is also revising her second novel, literary fiction (her M.F.A. thesis at Albertus Magnus), The Glass House of Forgetting.
Her poems have appeared in various literary journals, including BlazeVox, The Wallace Stevens Journal, Redactions, Split Rock Review, Great American Literary Magazine, Gone Lawn 19, Columbia Poetry Review, and Prairie Schooner. She has reviewed books of poetry for The American Book Review and Canadian Poetry Review as well as a book of literary criticism on Wallace Stevens for The Wallace Stevens Journal.
She founded diaphanous micro: an e-journal of literary and visual art in 2018 to publish and promote the finest cutting-edge poetry, short fiction (poetic fiction, hybrid, flash, and micro) and visual art that she can find. Issues of diaphanous micro can be viewed at www.diaphanouspress.com.
Krysia resides in Connecticut in her poet’s cottage with T.S. Eliot (Eliot for short), an amazing rescue dog and her adopted kitty, Marina Farina Ballerina Snow. You can follow Krysia on Facebook on her personal page, her Krysia Jopek Author Page; her dog T.S. on his Eliot Jopek Facebook fan page, and diaphanous micro on the diaphanous micro Facebook page in addition to www.diaphanouspress.com. Please feel free to contact her at [email protected].
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Greetings Krysia,
I just got an email from my friend Mike Cole who suggested that I contact you regarding sending some poems and maybe images. I am a poet and visual artist and would be happy to send a sample for your consideration. What is the best way to contact you? Thank you Dixie Salazar 559 916-7760 [email protected]
Hi Dixie,
thank you for the message! I’m going to email you tomorrow from [email protected].
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I’m really excited about Mike Cole putting us in touch.
More soon and best wishes,
Krysia
Good day!
I saw your website posted in the Facebook creative group GAS.
Your webpage is incredible.
Are you currently accepting writing or images for diaphanous?
Thank you for your time and energy!
Kevin Zepper
Hi Kevin,
Thank you so much for your message after reading the poem I published from my website in the GAS Facebook poetry group and for checking out my website overall. Your high praise really made my rainy day over here in Connecticut! I am accepting literary and visual art for diaphanous micro. Here is the link to the submission guidelines. It would be beneficial to read the diaphanous micro mission statement and check out some past issues before sending a sample of your work.
https://diaphanouspress.com/diaphanous-press/about-diaphanous-press/submissions/
Thank you again.
All by best,
Krysia Jopek