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- Who I am:
- Amy King is the author of I’m the Man Who Loves You and Antidotes for an Alibi, both from Blazevox Books, The People Instruments (Pavement Saw Press), Kiss Me With the Mouth of Your Country (Dusie Press), and forthcoming, Slaves to Do These Things (Blazevox) and I Want to Make You Safe (Litmus Press).
Amy edits the Poetics List, sponsored by The Electronic Poetry Center (SUNY-Buffalo/University of Pennsylvania), moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv (WOMPO) and the Goodreads Poetry! Group, and teaches English and Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. .
For information on the reading series Amy co-curates, visit The Stain of Poetry: A Reading Series site (http://stainofpoetry.com) or her current blog at http://amyking.org
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Blog Posts
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Film
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- WILLA
Amy King's Blog
WILL THE REAL WALT WHITMAN PROBLEM PLEASE STAND UP? TOUCHING PERFECT BODIES WITH HIS MIND
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I cannot fathom that Walt Whitman was the first to write on a variety of controversies typically attributed to “Song of Myself,” including the complexities of slavery, the overt hand of eroticism, and the soul beyond the confines of religion, atrocities of war, etc. In fact, a number of writers come easily to mind who preceded him on such matters (i.e. William Blake, Phillis Wheatley, Ralph Waldo Emerson,…
Continue POET ON PAINTING?
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 12:29pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Authors on Artists: Amy King on Leonor Fini, Leonora Carrington, and Frida Kahlo
AWP Conference -- Chicago 2012 [Video]
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:45pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Starring (Poets in order of appearance):
Annie Finch, Saeed Jones, Daniel Nester, Patricia Spears Jones, Cole Swensen, R. Erica Doyle, Cate Marvin, Brent Cunningham, Danielle Pafunda, Jamaal May, GC Waldrep, Ryan Doyle May, James Yeh, Matt Hart, E. Tracy Grinnell, Brenda Iijima, Molly Gaudry, Sina Queyras, Mathias Svalina, Matt Yeager, Elisa Gabbert, Vanessa Place, Janaka Stucky, Mike Young, Metta Sama, Lauren Hunter, Jennifer Bartlett, Sommer Browning, Paul…
Criticism By Alan Gilbert
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:36pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
"When I was a grad student at SUNY Buffalo in the mid-’90s, the comp lit students thought they were the cool kids, the Poetics Program poets thought they were the cooler kids, but..."
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 1:58pm on August 18, 2010,
Christine Swint said… - Hi, Amy! Your page here is great. I love how all the images from your various projects stand out against the clear background.
- At 12:42pm on December 2, 2009,
Amy King said… - Thank you, Renate! I actually stole that little guy from another poet's Fbook page. I use the word "stole" very loosely.
Cheers, Amy
- At 10:54am on December 2, 2009,
Renate Stendhal said… - I almost forgot to ask: who's that little pig?
- At 10:53am on December 2, 2009, Renate Stendhal said…
- Fabulous blog picture, Amy, and your clever musings about PW speak right for my feminist heart!
:) Renate
- At 9:12am on December 2, 2009,
Gala Delmont Benatar said… - Greetings Amy,
Welcome to She Writes!
I think you'll find a great community of passionate, inspiring women writers.
Please feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions about making the most of your time on the site.
Saludos!
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