Kim Addonizio
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Kim Addonizio (born July 31, 1954) is an award-winning American poet and novelist.
Born in Washington, D.C., she is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.
She briefly attended Georgetown University before moving to San Francisco and receiving a B.A. and M.F.A. from San Francisco State University.
Addonizio's first novel, Little Beauties, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2005. She has written a second book entitled My Dreams are Out on the Street which releases for sale July 21, 2007. She is also the author of four collections of poetry: What is this Thing Called Love (Norton, 2004), Tell Me (BOA Editions, 2000), Jimmy & Rita (BOA Editions, 1997), and The Philosopher's Club (BOA Editions, 1994). With Dorianne Laux, she is the co-author of The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (1997).
Her poem, "Verities", originally published in Poetry magazine, was included in The Best American Poetry 2006, guest edited by Billy Collins. Among her awards are a Pushcart Prize, a 2000 National Book Award nomination for her third book of poetry entitled Tell Me, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship.
She currently lives in Oakland, California.
