Wild Nights

Kim Addonizio was born in 1954, and lives in Oakland, California. Her poetry books include The Philosopher’s Club (1994), Jimmy & Rita (1997), Tell Me (2000), What Is This Thing Called Love (2004), Lucifer at the Starlite (2009), My Black Angel: Blues Poems and Portraits (2014), Mortal Trash (2016), and her first UK publication, Wild Nights: New & Selected Poems (2015) from Bloodaxe. She has also published fiction, notably the novels Little Beauties (2005) and My Dreams Out in the Street (2007), and the short story collection The Palace of Illusions (2014), as well as a memoir, Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life (2016). She collaborated with Dorianne Laux on The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (1997), and published another poetry guide called Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within (2009). Her awards include two NEA Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award. She has also been a presenter for BBC radio, and plays harmonica with Nonstop Beautiful Ladies, a word/music performance group. Her Wild Nights was launched with readings in Britain in 2015.

NEW POEMS Cigar Box Banjo Open Mic Creased Map of the Underworld Spell against Impermanence Idioms for Rain Half-Hearted Sonnet Penis Blues Heraclitean Lives of the Poets Sleep Stage Dream the Night My Brother Dies Salvation The Women Radio Blues The Givens Wine Tasting From THE PHILOSOPHER'S CLUB What the Dead Fear First Poem For You The Philosopher's Club Full Moon Gravity Them The Call Beds February 14, 1989 The Last Poem About the Dead The Concept of Goda From TELL ME The Numbers Glass Quantum Garbage Things That Don't Happen Night of the Living, Night of the Dead Virgin Spring New Year's Day Generations Collapsing Poem The Divorcee and Gin Last Call The Promise The Body In Extremis Rain Tell Me Mermaid Song Good Girl "What Do Women Want?" Aliens Like That Prayer For Desire From WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE Stolen Moments Blues for Dante Alighieri Muse You Don't Know What Love Is Ex-Boyfriends Death Poem Scary Movies Dead Girls Eating Together Cat Poem February 14 The Way of the World Chicken Lush Life Bad Girl Blues for Robert Johnson Fuck Kisses From LUCIFER AT THE STARLITE November 11 For You Lucifer at the Starlite Storm Catechism Verities Long-Distance You Were The First Line is the Deepest Another Day on Earth The Smallest Town Alive The Matter Crossing Weaponry Suite pour les Amours Perdus In the Lonely Universe Merrily Sui My Heart Semper Shrine News Happiness After Grief