Forests, Too, Are Fleeing

Christopher Kondrich is the author of Tread Upon, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in 2026, as well as two previous poetry collections: Valuing (University of Georgia Press, 2019) and Contrapuntal (Free Verse Editions, 2013). A winner of the National Poetry Series and recipient of multiple MacDowell Fellowships, he is currently a faculty member for Eastern Oregon University’s low-residency MFA program in Creative and Environmental Writing, and an associate editor of 32 Poems.