Kim Addonizio
Kim Addonizio | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 31, 1954 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Georgetown University San Francisco State University |
| Occupation(s) | poet, novelist |
Kim Addonizio (born July 31, 1954) is an award-winning American poet and novelist.
Born in Washington, D.C., she is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.
She briefly attended Georgetown University before moving to San Francisco and receiving a B.A. and M.F.A. from San Francisco State University.
Addonizio's first novel, Little Beauties, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2005. Her second book entitled My Dreams are Out on the Street was released in July 2007. She is also the author of four collections of poetry: What is this Thing Called Love (Norton, 2004), Tell Me (BOA Editions, 2000), Jimmy & Rita (BOA Editions, 1997), and The Philosopher's Club (BOA Editions, 1994). With Dorianne Laux, she is the co-author of The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (1997). A new craft book, Ordinary Genius, was released by W.W. Norton in 2009.
Her poem, "Verities", originally published in Poetry magazine, was included in The Best American Poetry 2006, guest edited by Billy Collins. Among her awards are a Pushcart Prize, a 2000 National Book Award nomination for her third book of poetry entitled Tell Me, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship.
She currently lives in Oakland, California.
External links
- Kim Addonizio's official web site
- Kim Addonizio's poet page at The Poetry Foundation
- "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