Kim Addonizio

Writer and poet Kim Addonizio lives and teaches writing in Oakland, California. Her many books include poetry: Three West Coast Women, The Philosopher's Club, Jimmy & Rita, Tell Me, What Is This Thing Called Love, and Lucifer at the Starlite; and fiction: Crimes of Passion, The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, Little Beauties, My Dreams Out in the Street and Best New Poets 2009 (editor).