Kim Addonizio

Kim Addonizio
Kim Addonizio
	Addonizio at Sierra Poetry Festival 2025
Born	July 31, 1954 (age 72); Washington, D.C., U.S
Citizenship	American
Education	Georgetown University; San Francisco State University (BA, MA)
Occupations	Poet, novelist
Children	Aya Cash
Parents	Bob Addie (father); Pauline Betz (mother);
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Kim Addonizio (born 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 (born Addonizio).

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, 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

Library resources

By Kim Addonizio

Poetry

The Philosopher's Club. BOA Editions. 1994. ISBN 978-1-880238-02-8.
Jimmy & Rita. BOA Editions. 1997. ISBN 978-1-880238-41-7.
"What Do Women Want", poets.org
Tell Me. BOA Editions. 2000. ISBN 978-1-880238-91-2.
"Scary Movies", Poetry, March 2000
"Eating Together", Poetry, June 2003
What is this Thing Called Love. W. W. Norton & Company. 2003. ISBN 978-0-393-05726-3.
"Lucifer at the Starlite", Three Penny Review, Summer 2007 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Lucifer at the Starlite. W. W. Norton & Company. 2009. ISBN 978-0-393-06852-8.
"The First Line is the Deepest", Poetry, January 2009
"Weaponry", Poetry, February 2009
My Black Angel. Stephen F. Austin State University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-62288-037-9.
Wild Nights, New & Selected Poems. Bloodaxe. 2015. ISBN 978-1780372709.
Now We're Getting Somewhere (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022)

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.
Bukowski in a Sundress. Penguin Books. 2016.
——; 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.

References

↑ "Pauline Betz Addie, 1940s tennis champion, dies at 91". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
↑ "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.
↑ "Kim Addonizio - Poet | Academy of American Poets". Poets.org. 1954-07-31. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
↑ https://www.arts.gov/grants/recent-grants/literature-fellowships?field_year_value=All&field_lit_fellows_type_value=3&title=Kim+Addonizio
↑ https://www.gf.org/fellows?q=Kim%20Addonizio
↑ https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/kim_addonizio
↑ https://www.nationalbook.org/books/tell-me/

External links

[1] "Pauline Betz Addie, 1940s tennis champion, dies at 91". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-15.

[2] "Kim Addonizio". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

[3] 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.

[4] "Kim Addonizio - Poet | Academy of American Poets". Poets.org. 1954-07-31. Retrieved 2017-01-16.

[5] ttps://www.arts.gov/grants/recent-grants/literature-fellowships?field_year_value=All&field_lit_fellows_type_value=3&title=Kim+Addonizio

[6] ttps://www.gf.org/fellows?q=Kim%20Addonizio

[7] ttps://www.pw.org/directory/writers/kim_addonizio

[8] ttps://www.nationalbook.org/books/tell-me/

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Kim Addonizio
Addonizio at Sierra Poetry Festival 2025
Born	(1954-07-31) July 31, 1954 (age 72) Washington, D.C., U.S
Citizenship	American
Education	Georgetown University San Francisco State University (BA, MA)
Occupations	Poet, novelist
Children	Aya Cash
Parents	Bob Addie (father) Pauline Betz (mother)
Notes