Amy King

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Amy King
Born (1974-08-04) August 4, 1974 (age 49)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Alma mater Towson University; State University of New York Buffalo; Brooklyn College
Occupation(s)Poet, essayist, and activist

Amy King (born August 4, 1974) is an American poet, essayist, and activist.

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Early life and education

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, King grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia and received her B.S. in English and women's studies from Towson University. She received her M.A. in American studies (poetics concentration) at State University of New York Buffalo, and an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in creative writing.

Career

Since 2003, King has taught English and creative writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. [1]

King received the 2015 WNBA Award (Women's National Book Association). [2] She also received The Feminist Press's "40 Under 40: The Future of Feminism" award in 2010 and the 2012 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. [3]

In 2016, Adam Fitzgerald named King "One of the 30 Poets You Should Be Reading", [4] and she was listed as one of "13 New York Poets Changing the Lit Scene" by Civil Coping Mechanisms in March 2017. [5]

She moderates the Women's Poetry Listserv (WOMPO) and the Goodreads Poetry! Group, [6] which includes more than 20,000 members and features the monthly "Goodreads Newsletter Poetry Contest". She also serves on The Offing Magazine's Advisory Board. [7]

King has published five full-length poetry collections, including Antidotes for an Alibi ( BlazeVOX Books, 2005), I’m the Man Who Loves You (BlazeVOX Books, 2007, Slaves to do These Things (BlazeVOX Books, 2009), I Want to Make You Safe (Litmus Press 2011) and The Missing Museum (Tarpaulin Sky Press 2016). She is co-editor of the anthology series Bettering American Poetry (Bettering Books) and, with Heidi Lynn Staples, the anthology, Big Energy Poets: Ecopoetry Thinks Climate Change (Blazevox Books 2017).

From 2010 – 2014, she co-edited the online response to the BP Gulf Oil Spill, Poets for Living Waters [8] , with Heidi Lynn Staples and co-edited the PEN America Poetry Series with Ana Bozicevic in 2010. [9] King founded and curated, from 2006, the Brooklyn-based reading series, The Stain of Poetry, until 2010. [10]

Activism

A founding member (2009) of the literary arts activist organization, Vida: Women in Literary Arts, King currently serves on the Executive Board and is the press officer and Editor-in-Chief of the VIDA Review. [11] [12] Known for its annual report on the rates of publication between male and female authors, in 2014, the VIDA Count expanded to include race, sexual orientation and writers with disabilities. [13]

In March 2015, King publicly critiqued in her essay, "Why Are People So Invested in Kenneth Goldsmith?" University of Pennsylvania's adjunct lecturer Kenneth Goldsmith's controversial performance at RISD of his poem "The Body of Michael Brown". [14]

In August 2015, King curated and contributed to a forum for Poetry Foundation that raised the question, "What Is Literary Activism?", which resulted in online debate about the merits of literary activism. [15] [16] [17]

In 2016, she spoke out about the Swedish Academy's decision to award Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ King, Amy. "Faculty Page". Nassau Community College Faculty webpage. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2015 WNBA Award". WNBA. June 1, 2015. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Faculty Service Academic Year 2011–2012" (PDF). State University of New York. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ "30 Poets You Should Be Reading | Literary Hub". lithub.com. April 18, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ "#CopingWith: 13 New York Poets Changing the Lit Scene | CCM". copingmechanisms.net. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ "¡ POETRY !". Goodreads. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Amy King | The Offing". The Offing. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Poets for Living Waters". Poets for Living Waters. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bon Voyage to Guest Poetry Editors Ana Božičević & Amy King – PEN America". PEN America. February 11, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Your hosts". Stain of Poetry. September 27, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  11. ↑ Langlois, Jessica (April 5, 2016). "Can the Nation's Largest Writers' Conference Transcend Lit's Lack of Diversity?". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Vida Review | VIDA: Women in Literary Arts". www.vidaweb.org. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  13. ↑ Fallon, Claire (March 30, 2016). "The Most Intersectional VIDA Count Yet Paints A Troubling Picture". HuffPost. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  14. ↑ "The Poetry of Privilege: VIDA's Amy King Responds To Kenneth Goldsmith | The Offing". The Offing. March 20, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  15. ↑ "A Response from the Writers of 'What Is Literary Activism?' by Amy King". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. ↑ "Equity in Publishing: What Should Editors Be Doing? – PEN America". PEN America. October 24, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  17. ↑ McArdle, Molly (February 24, 2016). ""We've Been Out Here Working": Diversity in Publishing, a Partial Reading List". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  18. ↑ Abidor, Mitchell (October 24, 2016). "Bob Dylan and the Significance of Not Signifying Anything". Jewish Currents. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  19. ↑ "The Missing Museum • Tarpaulin Sky Press". Tarpaulin Sky Press. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
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