Amy King
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Birthday
- August 03
- Bio
- Amy King is the author of of four books of poetry, most recently, Slaves to Do These Things (Blazevox) and forthcoming, 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. Her poems have been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes, and she has been the recipient of a MacArthur Scholarship for Poetry. Amy King was also the 2007 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere.
For information on the reading series Amy co-curates, go to The Stain of Poetry: A Reading Series site (http://stainofpoetry.com) or visit her at http://amyking.org
MY RECENT POSTS
- Your Own Revolution: Poetry,
Publishing & the Internet
July 14, 2010 07:08PM - NOT YOUR USUAL MEDIA
“COVERAGE”
June 14, 2010 03:37PM - The Poetry Feminaissance --
Amy King Interview @
Huffington
June 11, 2010 04:10PM - LANGUAGE ARM OF BEHAVIOR
June 11, 2010 04:09PM - GOT OIL?
June 11, 2010 04:08PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks much,
Launie!”
July 14, 2010 08:12PM - “Thanks, Boko. I can see
how that avoidance
works,
particularly if one
member of…”
December 08, 2009 03:17PM - “Yep, my own buzz for
one:
http://amyking.w
ordpress.com/2009/12/02/the-we
enie-roast…”
December 08, 2009 01:21PM - “Thank
you!
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No
male writer has written
primarily or even largely for
women, or
w…”
December 06, 2009 09:35PM
Your Own Revolution: Poetry, Publishing & the Internet
WHAT WOULD WOOLF AND WHITMAN DO?
(A PRACTICAL PRIMER)
“This is the beauty of the new media. There is no way to control it.”
What would Woolf, Whitman, Stein, Eliot, Pound, and countless other self-published writers do in the face of the mo
… Read full post »NOT YOUR USUAL MEDIA “COVERAGE”
Poets for Living Waters – New Statements / Poems
I don’t have the answers. I barely have the questions. But I’m not egotistical enough to imagine I can come up with a solution or complete understanding on my own. I also don’t think sitting in front of the
… Read full post »The Poetry Feminaissance -- Amy King Interview @ Huffington
The Poetry Feminaissance by Travis Nichols
Are you a poet? Do you feel overwhelmed by negativity? Feel like there’s no hope for a poet in this world? Especially a female poet? Well don’t despair. Spend some time with Amy King. She’s the author of Slaves to Do Thes
… Read full post »LANGUAGE ARM OF BEHAVIOR
NEW REVIEW OF SLAVES TO DO THESE THINGS @ WET ASPHALT —
…while ultimately what I think King is concerned with here is the nature of becoming by moving against time as a sort of point of resistance, what she is not interested in is sustaining such artificial constructs as
… Read full post »GOT OIL?
Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico begun on April 20, 2010, one of the most profound human-made ecological catastrophes in history. Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky describes the popularity of poetry afte… Read full post »
NOT MY PELICAN, SENATOR
What’s BP Oil doing about the effects of filling the Gulf and Atlantic Oceans with their oil? What two things can you do?
1.) British Petroleum (BP) rep Randy Prescott made a comment, ”Louisana isn’t the only place that has shrimp.&r
… Read full post »THE UGLY AMERICANS
NEW REVIEW OF SLAVES TO DO THESE THINGS by Bobbi Lurie @ Jacket Magazine”
Amy King’s poems are dense and energetically written. They are often fragmented collages of narratives which are in no way narratives in the usual sense. They express a great deal of movement of the mind,
… Read full post »Fear or Disinterest? The powers that be…
Ever Hear of “The Family”? Get Ready…
Fear or disinterest? The powers that be don’t care why we don’t discuss how our oppressions work together to isolate us while sustaining their power and positions, so long as we don’t turn our attentions t
… Read full post »Gay May Not Be the “New” Black, but…
I’ve Loved You So Long

Elsa Zylberstein and Kristin Scott Thomas
All the world’s a stage…
Why do children play with dolls? One reason is that they like to make up stories and act them out. Dolls serve as permissible figures that allow children to become comfortable with who they, and others, are and to explore what this humanity might mean in an attempt to… Read full post »
The Sanctity of Marriage
Ever hear of Diane Savino? You will. Currently our senator from Staten Island, she recently made the nation’s radar with her speech on the sanctity of marriage, well worth viewing (click here).
“Diane
Savino has dedicated her entire professional career towards
impr… Read full post »
The Weenie Roast – Not How Long, But What’s in It...
Please don’t take another long drag on your ciggie and nonchalantly claim that the editors of Publisher’s Weekly didn’t know they were selecting books solely by men for their Top 10 Best Books of 2009. I will hurl dragon fire and burn your little house of cards










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