Christina Baker Kline
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Christina Baker Kline is an American novelist and essayist. Kline is the recipient of several Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Fellowships. She has been a Writer-in-Residence Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
, Penrose Writers’ Colony, and Haystack Writers’ Symposium in Maine
. She received a Fordham
Research Grant in 2009.
(B.A. in English), Cambridge University (M.A. in Literature), and the University of Virginia
(M.F.A.), where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow in Fiction Writing.
, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate creative writing and literature. She also teaches in the Fordham-in-London program at the University of London
, Heythrop College
. She has taught literature and creative writing at Yale
, NYU, the University of Virginia
, and Drew University
.
in New York City
. They live in Montclair, New Jersey
with their three sons, Hayden, Will, and Eli, and spend as much time as possible with extended family on Mount Desert Island
in Maine.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation was created in 1973 with an $85 million bequest following the death on August 13, 1973, of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge. Dodge was the youngest child of Standard Oil tycoon William Rockefeller and Almira Geraldine Goodsell....
Fellowships. She has been a Writer-in-Residence Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is an artists’ community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of two weeks to two months for international artists, writers, and composers at its working retreat in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains...
, Penrose Writers’ Colony, and Haystack Writers’ Symposium in Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. She received a Fordham
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
Research Grant in 2009.
Background
Kline is a graduate of YaleYALE
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(B.A. in English), Cambridge University (M.A. in Literature), and the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
(M.F.A.), where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow in Fiction Writing.
Teaching career
Kline is currently Writer-in-Residence at Fordham UniversityFordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate creative writing and literature. She also teaches in the Fordham-in-London program at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, Heythrop College
Heythrop College
Heythrop College is the specialist philosophy and theology constituent college of the University of London situated in Kensington Square, Kensington, London. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in philosophy, theology and psychology, as well as research in related fields.It was founded...
. She has taught literature and creative writing at Yale
YALE
RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
, NYU, the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, and Drew University
Drew University
Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...
.
Personal
Kline is married to David Kline, who works at Showtime NetworksShowtime Networks
Showtime Networks, Inc. is the corporate division of media conglomerate CBS Corporation.The company was established in 1983 as Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. after Viacom and Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment merged their premium channels, Showtime and The Movie Channel respectively, into one...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. They live in Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...
with their three sons, Hayden, Will, and Eli, and spend as much time as possible with extended family on Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island , in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine. With an area of it is the 6th largest island in the contiguous United States. Though it is often claimed to be the third largest island on the eastern seaboard of the United States, it is actually second...
in Maine.
Novels
- Sweet Water (1994)
- Desire LinesDesire linesA desire path is a path developed by erosion caused by footfall. The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination...
(1999) - The Way Life Should Be (2007)
- Bird in Hand (2009)
Non-fiction
- The Conversation Begins: Mothers and Daughters Talk about Living Feminism (1994), with her mother, Christina L. Baker.
As editor
- Child of Mine: Original Essays on Becoming a Mother (1997)
- Room to Grow: Twenty-Two Writers Encounter the Pleasures and Paradoxes of Raising Young Children (1999)
- Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents (2006), with Allison Gilbert
- About Face: Women Write about What They See When They Look in the Mirror (2008), with Anne Burt