Francesca Kritikos

editor in chief at SARKA

Chicago, IL, United States

Books

Book cover of SWEET BLOODY SALTY CLEAN by Francesca Kritikos

SWEET BLOODY SALTY CLEANCharacters contained within: shepherds, little girls, baby elephants, Venus flytraps, grocery stores, famine, God, meat and money.2023

Book cover of Exercise in Desire by Francesca Kritikos

Exercise in Desire"Kritikos’ spare and severe poems in Exercise in Desire outline a female subject in all her discomforts and wants." —Ben FamaVegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2022

Chapbooks

Book cover of Animals Don't Go To Hell by Francesca Kritikos

Animals Don't Go To HellAnimals Don't Go To Hell is a love letter addressed to a "you" from an "I" who are both simultaneously predator and prey.Bottlecap Press, 2021

Selected work (8 publications)

Hot Pink Mag, 2023

Two poemsSteel chains for baby elephants he told me Then once it learns it won’t get free twine is all a body needs

Three poemsNo brand No loyalty I go to CVS and Walgreens interchangeably

Shitwonder, 2022

Four poemsHistory has taught us survival lies in bending over, spreading wide

The Quarterless Review, 2022

When Our Desires Shift, We Call It RecoveryMy sickness isn’t worse than anyone else’s but I’m too dark to turn blonde

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