Crystal Allene Cook
Biography
In 2004 – 05 I spent a year on a creative writing Fulbright to Armenia. A couple of years later I shopped around Bombardirovka, the novel I began while there, hearing from several agents how much they liked it, but that they couldn’t determine its “market.”
So that led me to believe I could do what they couldn’t: I could give it away.
The most important things to me about Bombardirovka have always been that it keeps its integrity....and finds a readership.
So a little while back I gave away 500 “unfinished” art house copies, generously designed and painted upon by 20 painters. That same evening 140 artists generously donated their work... all to raise money and awareness for Doctors Without Borders.
So, now at Smashwords, Bombardirovka continues. It is under a Creative Commons license, which means it can be copied and shared, as long as that is not done for profit.
So, that’s a little about Bombardirovka’s journey, now a little about me:
I am a self-described "hillbilly-New-Yorker-Angelina." Currently I am Virginia Tech pursuing a doctorate in Science & Technology Studies, with a focus on communities in economic decline. Along with a degree in history from Barnard, I have an MST from the New School in New York City and an MFA in Writing from Antioch LA.
My creative work has appeared in the US in Shenandoah, the Flint Hills Review, the Southeast Review, Ararat, and online in CARVE, southernhum, and the Hamilton Stone Review, etc.
Thanks again to everyone who has helped me along the way!
Where to find Crystal Allene Cook online
videos
A Short Excerpt from Bombardirovka
A brief video reading of Bombardirovka from Guerrilla Reads.
Books
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