Kim Addonizio, GPC 2002-2003
Kim Addonizio is
the author of five poetry collections, including Tell Me, A National
Book Award Finalist; What is this Thing
Called Love: Poems (W.W. Norton, 2005); Jimmy
and Rita (BOA Editions, 1996); The
Philosopher’s Club (BOA Editions, 2994); and her most recent, Lucifer at
the Starlite (W.W. Norton, 2009). Addonizio has also authored two
instructional books on writing poetry: The Poet’s Companion (with
Dorianne Laux), and Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within, both from
W.W. Norton. Her first novel, Little Beauties (Simon & Schuster,
2005) was chosen as “Best Book of the Month” by Book of the Month Club. My
Dreams Out in the Street, her second novel, was released by Simon &
Schuster in 2007. Additional available work includes a word/music CD with poet
Susan Browne, “Swearing, Smoking, Drinking, & Kissing,” available from
cdbaby; a book of stories, In the Box Called Pleasure (FC2); and the
anthology Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos,
coedited with Cheryl Dumesnil. Addonizio’s awards include two fellowships from
the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize,
a Commonwealth Club Poetry Medal, and the John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement
Award. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared widely in anthologies,
literary journals, and textbooks, including Alaska Quarterly Review,
American Poetry Review, Bad Girls, Chick-Lit, Dick for a Day, Gettysburg
Review, Paris Review, Penthouse, Poetry, and Threepenny Review. She
teaches private workshops in Oakland, CA, and online.
Visit Kim
Addonizio on her website at http://www.kimaddonizio.com/Site/_welcome.html
Additional Links:
“Lucifer at the Starlite,” Three
Penny Review (2007).
“What Do Women Want?,” The Public Square.