Interview – AMY KING

Ms. Muse: Amy King on the Power of Stories and the Weight of the Current Political Moment

We’re carving out a new discovery place for riotous, righteous and resonant feminist poetry to nourish and give voice to a rising tide of female resistance—and you’ve clicked right into it. Click here to read more Ms. Muse. “There comes a point in everyone’s lives where we start to recognize that we are making choices, that…

‘Literature is against us’: In Conversation with Anne Boyer

‘Literature is against us’: In Conversation with Anne Boyer BY AMY KING If you don’t know Anne Boyer’s work, you should. She’s a fierce intellect, tremendous poet, and laudable person. I’m grateful she spent time untangling my meandering questions. Her new book, Garments Against Women, is just out from Ahsahta Press, a perfect fit for Boyer’s…

FICTIONAUT: Writers on Craft: Amy King

We are pleased to welcome acclaimed and widely published poet Amy King to Writers on Craft today. Amy King is the author of five collections of poetry: Slaves to Do These Things, I’m the Man Who Loves You, and Antidotes for an Alibi (a Lambda Book Award finalist), all from Blazevox Books. Of her most recent book from Litmus Press, I Want…

AWP Panel Proposal Rejected – Let’s Get Technical

While people like Cate Marvin, Susan Schultz, & Craig Santos Perez have queried similarly in the past, speculating on a variety of causes for rejection, proposal applicants are still left wondering at the end of the process each year, where we went wrong. Did bias play a role? Are the panelists and I not noteworthy…

“From the Larynx” – The Incredible Anne Waldman

“That’s what inspires me — people still at work, and dreaming.” READ MORE AT VIDA: WOMEN IN LITERARY ARTS (CLICK HERE)

Wrestling with Art

I wrestle @ Poetry Society of America (click here). A few others in the PSA American Poetry series: 2010 Timothy Liu Amy King Marcella Durand Sarah Gambito Allison Hedge Coke Kazim Ali Erin Belieu Maria Melendez Ken Chen Ana Božičević Elizabeth Robinson Tina Chang Brian Teare Barbara Jane Reyes Seth Abramson Jill Alexander Essbaum Jibade-Khalil…

We Who Are About to Die:

GETTING TO KNOW: AMY KING I REVEAL SOME REVELATIONS. WHERE I THINK I’M SOMETHING OF A COMEDIAN…. AND ANSWER LOTS OF QUESTIONS! CLICK HERE!

NOW THAT’S WAC!

TANTALIZING EXCERPTS… But if your contents, and the subject matter and styles they cover, feel lopsided or homogenous, they likely are. And that’s not to say that writers can’t write beyond or outside of their seeming outward identities, but let’s not cling too closely to the idea that we should only hire sighted and hearing…

The Proust Questionnaire + Twitter Grows Up

The Corresponding Society presents Answers to Questions! by Yours Truly~ Your favorite virtue. Your favorite qualities in a man. Your favorite qualities in a woman. Your chief characteristic. What you appreciate the most in your friends. Your main fault. Your favorite occupation. Your idea of happiness. FOR MORE QUESTIONS + THE ANSWERS, VISIT THE CORRESPONDING…

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 TV, feeling angry and impotent, is the…

The Poetry Feminaissance Interview @ Huffington Post

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 These Things (Blazevox), and, with Ana Bozicevic, she…

10 Questions on Poets & Technology: Amy King

Amy wrote: “If every poet were to record just one book of poems that they loved for the rest of us to listen to, and not just their own poems, how excellent would that be?” I’m picking up positive reactions to this idea in different online venues today. One representative observation: Now that wouldn’t be…

Eleni Sikelianos – THE BODY CLOCK

photo by Amy King Body Clock Eleni Sikelianos Lauded by Michael Ondaatje as an “unforgettable” writer, and praised by The Washington Post for her ability to capture “the subtlest shades of the emotional palette,” Eleni Sikelianos is one of the most highly regarded poets of her generation. In Body Clock, she charts the curvature of…

Dear Deer,

Amy King is in the throes of grading, writing, and other things. She’ll be back soon. In the meantime, enjoy a new video from the last Akron/Family album: And if you’re really bored, please visit this interview I did with half of the Akron/Family many moons ago — but be careful, the music early on…

David Foster Wallace – R.I.P.

Farewell, David Foster Wallace WORTH IT above – Wallace on Charlie Rose. Let it load and go to the 23 minute mark or read the transcript here. Wallace speaks on the conflict between teaching and the department’s demand for publishing, his philosopher father (James Donald Wallace), being on set with and his love for David…

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Jacket Is All New

Announcing Jacket 35 — Early 2008 Editor: John Tranter – Associate Editor: Pam Brown ======================================== and don’t forget to check out Jacket’s new RSS feed — here. Fresh news items, updated as the whim takes us ======================================== “There are only 10 kinds of computer programmers: those who know binary and those who don’t.” ======================= Feature:…

“Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable”

UPDATE: VIDEO: Sacha Baron Cohen held by police after outrageous stunt on Milan catwalk By Nick Pisa Last updated at 7:45 PM on 26th September 2008 Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was taken to a police station yesterday after he brought chaos to the Milan fashion show for the second day running. Despite the increased security…

Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet, has died

The Associated Press – Thursday, April 17, 2008 PARIS: The esteemed Martinique poet and politician Aimé Césaire, a leading figure in the movement for black consciousness, died Thursday, the French president’s office and a hospital said. He was 94. Césaire was involved in the fight for French West Indian rights, and he also served as…

Daisy Fried’s Poetry Exercises

Daisy Fried on Poetry: * I’ve never found an explanation for why poetry, apparently alone among the art forms, is asked to do more than be itself. * But poetry’s the High Art which is also democratic: inexpensive, portable, reproducible, quickly consumed (except for epic and very difficult poetry), requiring only literacy to participate. So…

Dim Sum: Tonya Foster & Evie Shockley

DELIRIOUS HEM The following excerpts are taken from “Dim Sum: Tonya Foster & Evie Shockley — Braiding: ConVERSations: To, Against, For” It would be one thing if poetry were made of words alone, but it is not–no more than words themselves are. –Paolo Friere via James Scully (Linebreak 133) …If essentialism means being able…

How to Hate Hillary

“You can … discuss this avalanche of misogyny without endorsing her campaign …” –Bill Moyers in conversation with Kathleen Hall Jamieson ~~ Select excerpts from Robin Morgan’s “Goodbye To All That (#2)“: —When a sexist idiot screamed “Iron my shirt!” at HRC, it was considered amusing; if a racist idiot shouted “Shine my shoes!” at…

Women of the Web!

Interviews with Female Editors Deborah Ager Daniela Gioseffi C.M. Mayo Amanda Johnston Jean Emerson Maria Mazziotti Gillan Danielle Pafunda Lori Jareo Janet Holmes PJ Nights Jenni Russell Shanna Compton Elizabeth Treadwell Arielle Greenberg Carmen Gimenez Smith Elisavietta Ritchie Jen Tynes Carly Sachs Karren LaLonde Alenier Anny Ballardini Juliet Cook Kaya Oakes Anne Boyer Kristy Bowen…

A Sexy Franz Wright

MiPOesias New Issue Want to see and hear more of Franz? How about some poems by Cynthia Sailers, Dana Ward, Mark Bibbins, Campbell McGrath, Betsy Wheeler, Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop? You’ll also find a review of Annie Finch — all in the new issue of MiPOesias — enjoy! This entry was posted on Friday, August…

Library of Congress – The Poet and the Poem

Interview for “The Poet and the Poem” Still more news of the me? I’ll make it up to you later. In the meantime, listen in on an interview Grace Cavalieri conducted with moi. And thanks to all of you birthday and surgery well-wishers! Your kindnesses went a long, long way — the surgery went off…

What to Wear During an Orange Alert?

To Introduce, Inform, Interact, and Instigate… Ideas. Jason Behrends and another fella, Dan, consistently post, promote, and discuss an array of artists, painters, musicians, and writers on a regular schedule. As someone who neglects her blog in spurt and sputters, with apologies, I applaud their stamina and enthusiasm for the work of others. Jason Behrends…

MEME

FAMILY PORTRAIT 2007 Gina Myers has tagged me for my first meme ever. I’m delighted to share five things about myself that you probably don’t know: 1. When I first moved to New York about nine years ago, I was on a guest list for an “exclusive” private party called, “The Bitches Lounge.” I frequented…

AMY KING

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