Christopher Merrill is an American poet, essayist, journalist and translator. Currently, he serves as director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He led the initiative that resulted in the selection of Iowa City as a UNESCO City of Literature, a part of the Creative Cities Network. In 2011, he was appointed to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.

Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World
2015
ISBN 9780393346077
From the faraway nearby
1992
ISBN 9780201570700
The grass of another country
1993
ISBN 9780805035919
Things of the Hidden God
2005
ISBN 9780679463054
Outcroppings
1988
ISBN 9780879052621
Workbook
1988
ISBN 9780913793091
Fevers & tides
1989
ISBN 9780913793107
The Forgotten language
1991
ISBN 9780879053765
Watch fire
1994
ISBN 9781877727436
The old bridge
1995
ISBN 9781571312082
Your final pleasure
1996
ISBN 9781877727672
The forest of speaking trees
1996
ISBN 9781877727610
Only the Nails Remain
1997
ISBN 9780847698202
Brilliant Water
2001
ISBN 9781893996120
Journey to the Holy Mountain
2004
ISBN 9780007119011
The tree of the doves
2011
ISBN 9781571313058
Necessities
2013
ISBN 9781935210467
Boat
2013
ISBN 9781936797387
After The Fact
2016
ISBN 9781935210887
Self-portrait with dogwood
2017
ISBN 9781595348104
Flares
2021
ISBN 9781945680465