Kim Addonizio

Kim Addonizio
Kim Addonizio at a rally in Washington Square, New York, in December 2014
Born	Kim Addonizio (1954-07-31) July 31, 1954 Washington, D.C., U.S
Citizenship	American
Education	Georgetown University San Francisco State University (B.A., M.A.)
Occupation(s)	Poet, novelist
Children	Aya Cash
Parent(s)	Pauline Betz Bob Addie

Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist.

Life

Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She 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. 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.

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

• My Black Angel. Stephen F. Austin State University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-62288-037-9.
• "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

• In the box called pleasure: stories. FC2. 1999. ISBN 978-1-57366-081-5.
• Little Beauties. Simon & Schuster. 2005. ISBN 978-0-7432-7456-2. Kim Addonizio.
• My Dreams Out in the Street. Simon & Schuster. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7432-9772-1. Kim Addonizio.
• The Palace of Illusions. Soft Skull. 2014. ISBN 978-1-59376-542-2. Kim Addonizio.

Non-fiction

• Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within. W.W. Norton. 2009.
• ——; 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.
• ——; 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.
• ——; Laurie Duesing; Dorianne Laux (1987). Three West Coast Women. Five Fingers Poetry.

External links

• Addonizio's official web site
• Kim Addonizio's poet page at The Poetry Foundation
• Kim Addonizio: Profile and Poems at Poets.org
• 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