Kim Addonizio is
the author of three books of poetry from BOA Editions:
The Philosopher's Club, Jimmy & Rita, and Tell
Me, which was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. Her latest collection,
What Is This Thing Called Love, was published by W.W. Norton
in January 2004. A book of stories, In the Box Called Pleasure,
was published by Fiction Collective 2. She is also co-author,
with Dorianne Laux, of The Poet's Companion: A Guide to
the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (W.W. Norton). With Cheryl Dumesnil
she co-edited Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers,
Writers on Tattoos (Warner Books). Her first novel, Little
Beauties,
will be published by Simon & Schuster in July/August 2005.
Her 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 and fiction have appeared widely in anthologies and
literary journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, American
Poetry Review, Chick-Lit, Dick for a Day, Gettysburg Review,
Paris Review, Poetry, and Threepenny Review. She currently teaches
private workshops in Oakland, CA.