Hall & Collins: Christine Strawberry
Volume #13: CHRISTINE STRAWBERRY: On the Road 4 Love
Text and artwork by Christine Hall @ xineraquel with artwork by Paul Collins @impaulcollins
This hallucinatory pseudo biography of the writer Christine Hall reinterprets her poem, A Dove’s Wings (written when she was 15 years old) through the lens of life experience. The book follows Christine Strawberry on a cross-country journey in search for love and connection.
Christine Hall is a writer based in Nashville, TN. She was raised in a trailer at the edge of the Adirondacks by cultist pornographers and troubadours. She hosted Poetry in the Brew, curated Studio 66, facilitated MuseX Bazaar Community Arts Center, and advocates with Arts Equity Nashville. As a poet and performing artist, she has appeared on stages including Exit/In, TSU, Third Man Records, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Belmont University, Scarritt Bennett Center, and OZ Arts, and served as editor of the Sinew poetry anthology.
Paul Collins is an artist, curator and educator in Nashville. Paul has been a resident at the MacDowell Colony, Hambidge Center, Skowhegan, Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Vermont Studio Center. His work has been featured in New American Paintings, Number and Native magazines.