Welcome to the website of poet Christine Rhein. On these pages, you'll find sample poems, details about her book, a schedule of upcoming events, and email information.

Christine, formerly a mechanical engineer in the automotive industry, lives in Brighton, Michigan. Her poems have appeared in literary journals such

as The Gettysburg Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Southern Review and have been selected for Poetry Daily and Best New Poets 2007. Her first book, Wild Flight, is available from Texas Tech University Press, many online sellers, including Amazon.com, Shaman Drum Bookshop, Powell's, Borders, Barnes & Noble, and bookstores across the country.

CHRISTINE RHEIN

Poet and Writer

Winner of the Walt McDonald First-Book Competition in Poetry

About Wild Flight

Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific, as well as the poignant and humorous,

Christine relishes life’s juxtapositions.

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Click Here to listen to Garrison Keillor read a poem from Wild Flight at The Writer's Almanac.