Kristina Bigalk

Background

Bigalk, Kristina was born on September 28, 1966 in Harmony, Minnesota. Daughter of David and Mary Bigalk.

Education

Bachelor in English, Drake University, Des Moines, 1989; Master of Arts in Teaching, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 1992; Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2009; Master of Arts in Creative Writing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995.

Career

English professor Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa, 1994—1999, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota, since 1999.

Works

• article

  • Feature: Creative Writing at the Two-Year College: Creating Opportunity and Community

    (Teaching English in the Two-Year College (TETYC), Decembe...)

• Other Work

  • NYQ Books - Repeat the Flesh in Numbers

    (NYQ Books / The New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc.)

  • Author: (book) The Craft of Composition.

Membership

Choir member Normandale Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota, since 2003, Member of TYCA, Association Writers & Writing Programs (president, two year college caucus since 2008), Pi Beta Phi.

Connections

private

References

• POETRY: "Repeat the Flesh in Numbers," by Kris Bigalk - StarTribune.com Bigalk's debut contains passion and precision as she muses about the world around her and celebrates both love and loss.
• Sweet Singing in the Choir: A Poet's Journey Sweet Singing in the Choir: A Poet's Journey - Music with Minnesotans. Interviewed by Steve Staruch
  2015