Friday, February 21, 2025

Poet Kim Addonizio
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
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Kim Addonizio is the author of eight poetry collections, two novels, two story collections, and two books on writing poetry: The Poet's Companion (with Dori-anne Laux) and Ordinary Genius. Her poetry collection Tell Me was a finalist for the National Book Award. She also has two word/music CDS: Swearing, Smoking, Drinking, & Kissing (with Susan Browne) and My Black Angel, the companion to My Black Angel: Blues Poems and Portraits, a collaboration with woodcut artist Charles D. Jones. Her poetry has been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Italian, and Hungarian. Collections have been published in China, Spain, Mexico, Lebanon, and the UK. Addonizio's awards include two fellowships from the NEA, a Guggenheim, two Pushcart Prizes, and other honors. Her latest collection of poems is Exit Opera, published in fall 2024.