Kim Addonizio

Kim Addonizio (born Kim Addie, July 31, 1954 Washington, D.C., United States) is an American poet and novelist. 2Life Addonizio is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie. She briefly attended Georgetown University and American University before dropping out of both. She later moved to San Francisco and received a B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University. She has taught at San Francisco State University and Goddard College. She has a daughter, Aya Cash, and currently lives in Oakland, California. 2Awards two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship 2004 Mississippi Review Fiction Prize 2000 National Book Award Finalist for Tell Me 2000 Pushcart Prize for "Aliens" 1994 San Francisco Commonwealth Club Poetry Medal 2Works 3Poetry "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 Lucifer at the Starlite. W. W. Norton & Company. 2009. ISBN 978-0-393-06852-