Kim Addonizio Explained

Kim Addonizio
Birth Date:	31 July 1954
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C., U.S
Citizenship:	American
Education:	Georgetown University San Francisco State University (BA, MA)
Occupation:	Poet, novelist
Mother:	Pauline Betz
Father:	Bob Addie
Footnotes:	^[1]
Children:	Aya Cash

Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist.^[2]

Life

Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio).

She briefly attended Georgetown University and American University before dropping out of both.^[3] 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.^[4]

She has a daughter, actress 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

• Book: The Philosopher's Club. BOA Editions. 1994. 978-1-880238-02-8 .
• Book: Jimmy & Rita. BOA Editions. 1997. 978-1-880238-41-7 .
• "What Do Women Want", poets.org
• Book: Tell Me. BOA Editions. 2000. 978-1-880238-91-2 .
• "Scary Movies", Poetry, March 2000
• "Eating Together", Poetry, June 2003
• Book: What is this Thing Called Love. W. W. Norton & Company. 2003. 978-0-393-05726-3 .
• "Lucifer at the Starlite", Three Penny Review, Summer 2007
• Book: Lucifer at the Starlite. W. W. Norton & Company. 2009. 978-0-393-06852-8 .
• "The First Line is the Deepest", Poetry, January 2009
• "Weaponry", Poetry, February 2009
• Book: My Black Angel. Stephen F. Austin State University Press . 2014. 978-1-62288-037-9 .
• Book: Wild Nights, New & Selected Poems. Bloodaxe. 2015. 978-1780372709 .
• Now We're Getting Somewhere (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022)

Fiction

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

Non-fiction

• Book: Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within. W.W. Norton. 2009.
• Book: The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. registration. Kim Addonizio.. Kim Addonizio . Dorianne Laux. 2 . W. W. Norton & Company. 1997. 978-0-393-31654-4 .
• Book: Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos . Kim Addonizio . 2 . Cheryl Dumesnil. Diane Publishing Co. 2002. 978-0-7567-9159-9 .
• Book: Best New Poets 2009: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers . Kim Addonizio . 2 . Jeb Livingood. University of Virginia Press. 2009. 978-0-9766296-4-1 .

Anthologies

• Book: 180 more: extraordinary poems for every day. https://books.google.com/books?id=LBD3cfm2_dcC&q=Kim+Addonizio&pg=RA1-PA259. Chicken. Billy Collins. Random House, Inc.. 2005. 978-0-8129-7296-2 .
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=sdxJOtDmPywC&q=Kim+Addonizio&pg=PA1. Cranes in August. Poets against the War. Sam Hamill . Sally Anderson. Thunder's Mouth Press. 2003. 978-1-56025-539-0 .
• Book: The best American poetry, 2006. Billy Collins . David Lehman. Scribner Poetry. 2006. 978-0-7432-5759-6.
• Book: Three West Coast Women. Kim Addonizio . Laurie Duesing . Dorianne Laux . 2 . Five Fingers Poetry. 1987 .

External links

• Addonizio's official web site
• Kim Addonizio's poet page at The Poetry Foundation
• Kim Addonizio: Profile and Poems at Poets.org
• Kim Addonizio on creativity and the creative process, an interview with about-creativity.com July 26, 2007

Notes and References

1. News: Pauline Betz Addie, 1940s tennis champion, dies at 91. Washington Post. en. 2018-08-15.
2. News: Kim Addonizio. August 14, 2015. Academy of American Poets.
3. Book: Addonizio, Kim. Ordinary genius : a guide for the poet within. 2009. W.W. Norton. New York. 978-0-393-33416-6. 55–56. 1st.
4. Web site: Kim Addonizio - Poet | Academy of American Poets . Poets.org . 1954-07-31 . 2017-01-16.