Kim Addonizio

Kim Addonizio (born Kim Addie, July 31, 1954, Bethesda, Maryland ) is an award-winning American poet and novelist.

Life
Addonizio is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie.

She briefly attended Georgetown University before dropping out and returning to school at American University two years later. Two and a half years after attending American, Addonizio dropped out. She ended up moving to San Francisco and receiving a B.A. and M.F.A. from San Francisco State University. She has taught at San Francisco State University, as well as 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 nomination for Tell Me
 * 2000 Pushcart Prize for "Aliens"
 * 1994 San Francisco Commonwealth Club Poetry Medal

Poetry

 * "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