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Chris Dombrowski is the author of two books of nonfiction, Body of Water, a Bloomberg News 2016 Book of the Year and a Top Ten Indie Next Pick, and The River You Touch, both from Milkweed Editions. In addition, he has published three books of poems, By Cold Water, a Poetry Foundation Bestseller, Earth Again, and Ragged Anthem, all from Wayne State University Press. His essays and poems have appeared in over 100 publications and anthologies including Poetry, Orion, Outside, The Southern Review, The Sun, Lit Hub, and Guernica. Previously at UM, Dombrowski served as Distinguished Kittredge Writer in both the MFA and EVST Programs. He lives with his family in Missoula.

Current Position

Director of Creative Writing

Courses Taught

ENCR 512 (Graduate Nonfiction Workshop)

ENCR 595 (Graduate Special Topics: Feral Forms)

ENCR 595 (Graduate Special Topics: Writing the Natural World)

ENCR 412 (Advanced Nonfiction Workshop)

ENCR 312 (Intermediate Nonfiction Workshop)

Selected Publications

The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water (memoir, Milkweed Editions, 2022)

Ragged Anthem (poems, Wayne State University Press, 2019)

Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish (nonfiction, Milkweed Editions, 2016)

Earth Again (poems, Wayne State University Press, 2013)

By Cold Water (poems, Wayne State University Press, 2009)

Publications

Chris Dombrowski is the author of two books of nonfiction, Body of Water, a Bloomberg News 2016 Book of the Year and a Top Ten Indie Next Pick, and The River You Touch, both from Milkweed Editions. In addition, he has published three books of poems, By Cold Water, a Poetry Foundation Bestseller, Earth Again, and Ragged Anthem, all from Wayne State University Press. His essays and poems have appeared in over 100 publications and anthologies including Poetry, Orion, Outside, The Southern Review, The Sun, Lit Hub, and Narrative, and have received numerous awards including a Pushcart Prize. Previously at UM, Dombrowski served as Distinguished Kittredge Writer in both the MFA and EVST Programs. He lives with his family in Missoula.