The Year of No Mistakes

Overview

The Year of No Mistakes takes readers on a cross-country journey as Aptowicz explores themes of love, lust, heartache, and ambition in poems set in various cities across the United States. While the book takes readers into the gradual break-up of her decade-long relationship, at its heart lies Aptowicz's blossoming love affair with Americana. Composed during her National Endowment for the Arts grant fellowship, poems from this collection have already graced over four dozen literary journals and enchanted audiences in venues across the country.

Author Biography

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1978. She received a BFA from New York University, where she co-founded the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam. She is the author of several poetry collections, including How to Love the Empty Air (Write Bloody Publishing, 2018); The Year of No Mistakes (Write Bloody Publishing, 2013), winner of a Book of the Year Award from the Writers' League of Texas; Everything Is Everything (Write Bloody Publishing, 2010); Hot Teen Slut (The Wordsmith Press, 2001); and Dear Future Boyfriend (The Wordsmith Press, 2000). She is also the author of two nonfiction books, including Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam (Soft Skull, 2007). Aptowicz has received an Amy Clampitt Residency and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.