Kim Addonizio
| Kim Addonizio | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kim Addie July 31, 1954 Washington, D.C |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education |
Georgetown University San Francisco State University |
| Occupation | poet, novelist |
Kim Addonizio (born Kim Addie, July 31, 1954 Washington, D.C.) is an American poet and novelist.[1]
Life
Addonizio is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie.
She briefly attended Georgetown University and American University before dropping out of both.[2] She later moved to San Francisco and received a B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University. She has taught at San Francisco State University and Goddard College.[3]
She has a daughter, Aya Cash, and currently lives in Oakland, California.
Awards
- two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships
- 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2004 Mississippi Review Fiction Prize
- 2000 National Book Award Finalist for Tell Me
- 2000 Pushcart Prize for "Aliens"
- 1994 San Francisco Commonwealth Club Poetry Medal
Works
Poetry
- "What Do Women Want", poets.org
- "Eating Together", Poetry, June 2003
- "Scary Movies", Poetry, March 2000
- "The First Line is the Deepest", Poetry, January 2009
- "Weaponry", Poetry, February 2009
- "Lucifer at the Starlite", Three Penny Review, Summer 2007
- Lucifer at the Starlite. W. W. Norton & Company. 2009. ISBN 978-0-393-06852-8.
- What is this Thing Called Love. W. W. Norton & Company. 2003. ISBN 978-0-393-05726-3.
- Tell Me. BOA Editions. 2000. ISBN 978-1-880238-91-2.
- Jimmy & Rita. BOA Editions. 1997. ISBN 978-1-880238-41-7.
- The Philosopher's Club. BOA Editions. 1994. ISBN 978-1-880238-02-8.
Fiction
- Little Beauties. Simon & Schuster. 2005. ISBN 978-0-7432-7456-2.
- My Dreams Out in the Street. Simon & Schuster. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7432-9772-1.
- In the box called pleasure: stories. FC2. 1999. ISBN 978-1-57366-081-5.
Non-Fiction
- Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within. W.W. Norton. 2009.
- Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (1997). The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-31654-4.
- Kim Addonizio, Cheryl Dumesnil, eds. (2002). Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos. Diane Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-7567-9159-9.
- Kim Addonizio, Jeb Livingood, eds. (2009). Best New Poets 2009: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-9766296-4-1.
Anthologies
- Billy Collins, ed. (2005). "Chicken". 180 more: extraordinary poems for every day. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8129-7296-2.
- Sam Hamill, Sally Anderson, eds. (2003). "Cranes in August". Poets against the War. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-539-0.
- Billy Collins, David Lehman, eds. (2006). The best American poetry, 2006. Scribner Poetry. ISBN 978-0-7432-5759-6.
- Kim Addonizio, Laurie Duesing, Dorianne Laux (1987). Three West Coast Women. Five Fingers Poetry.
References
- ↑ "Kim Addonizio". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ↑ Addonizio, Kim (2009). Ordinary genius : a guide for the poet within (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-0-393-33416-6.
- ↑ http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/725
External links
- Kim Addonizio's official web site
- Kim Addonizio's poet page at The Poetry Foundation
- The Palace of Illusions, a short story at Narrative Magazine.
- "Poem for the New Year"
- Kim Addonizio on creativity and the creative process, an interview with about-creativity.com July 26, 2007
- Audio: Kim Addonizio performing "Fuck" on the Indiefeed Performance Poetry Podcast
- Audio: Kim Addonizio reads "Muse" from the book What Is This Thing Called Love
- Audio: Kim Addonizio reads "You Were" from the book Lucifer at the Starlite
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