Amy King is the author of I’m the Man Who Loves You and Antidotes for an Alibi, both from Blazevox Books, The People Instruments (Pavement Saw Press), and most recently, Kiss Me With the Mouth of Your Country (Dusie Press). She edits the Poetics List, sponsored by The Electronic Poetry Center (SUNY-Buffalo/University of Pennsylvania), moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv (WOMPO), 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. She is currently editing an anthology, The Urban Poetic, forthcoming from Factory School. For information on the reading series Amy co-curates, go to The Stain of Poetry: A Reading Series blog.

BOOKS

• ANTIDOTES FOR AN ALIBI
• I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU
• KISS ME WITH THE MOUTH OF YOUR COUNTRY
• THE PEOPLE INSTRUMENTS

• The Poetics List (sponsored by The Electronic Poetry Center @ SUNY-Buffalo/University of Pennsylvania)
• Women’s Poetry Listserv - WOMPO (Moderator)
• New Poetry: Contemporary Poetry News & Views (Contributing Correspondent)
• Goodreads – POETRY! Group (Moderator)
• MiPOesias
  
• miPOradio
• The Stain of Poetry: A Reading Series
• The Urban Poetic (Factory School), forthcoming

• SUNY NCC
  
• CUNY QCC
  
• POETS HOUSE IN MANHATTAN
• PEN AMERICAN CENTER

INTERVIEWS

• 12 or 20 Questions
  • Rob McLennan Asks Me
• Coffee House Press
  • Amy King with Ron Padgett
• Columbia University Station (WKCR FM NY)
  • Anne Cammon Asks Me
• Curve Magazine
  • Julia Bloch Asks Me
• Every Other Day
  • Kate Greenstreet Asks Me
• Library of Congress
  • The Poet and the Poem
• miPOradio
  • Amy King with Akron/Family
  • Amy King with Annie Finch
  • Amy King with Bill Berkson
  • Amy King with Daisy Fried
  • Amy King with Elaine Equi
  • Amy King with Grace Cavalieri
  • Amy King with Janet Holmes
  • Amy King with Linh Dinh
  • Amy King with Ron Padgett
  • Amy King with Ron Silliman
  • Amy King with Ted Mathys
• This Recording
  • Fed You From The Blood of My Nose: A Medley Melodic
• What To Wear During an Orange Alert?
  • Jason Behrends Asks Me

Audio

• Library of Congress
  • The Poet and the Poem

• PENN Sound

  • Leukemia Fundraiser at the KGB Bar, NYC, September 5, 2008
    1. Lidia Dimkovska Has Made a Bomb of My Eyes (3:20): MP3
    2. A Hole In My Name (2:27): MP3
    3. I Hear Like Names Falling (1:16): MP3
    4. This Opera of Peace (9:56): MP3

  • Reading at Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, September 12, 2008
    Complete Reading (20:02):MP3

    from new manuscript I Want to Make You Safe
    1. Introduction (3:09):MP3
    2. Some Pink In Your Color (1:12):MP3
    3. The Identity in My Crisis (1:07):MP3
    4. Follow the Leader of My Silken Teeth (1:28):MP3
    5. The Destiny You Choose Is the One You Live Through (1:50):MP3
    6. A Bruise That Stains the Teeth ( ):MP3
    7. The Statue In the Field (1:19):MP3
    8. How Our Feet Moved Past the World & Into Everything ( ):MP3
    9. Two If By Land, I Do (0:55):MP3

    from I’m the Man Who Loves You
    10. Mildly Free (4:28):MP3

  • Race and Poetry: Integrating the ExperimentalBOOG City Festival, September 21st, 2008
    Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, NY

    A panel discussion moderated and curated by Amy King

    Featuring: Tisa Bryant, Jennifer Firestone, Timothy Liu, Mendi Obadike,
    Meghan Punschke, Christopher Stackhouse, and Mathias Svalina

    1. Amy King, Opening Remarks (3:47): MP3
    2. Mathias Svalina, Opening Remarks (6:16): MP3
    3. Mendi Obadike, Opening Remarks (2:38): MP3
    4. Christopher Stackhouse, Opening Remarks (6:17): MP3
    5. Meghan Punschke, Opening Remarks (5:22): MP3
    6. Amy King, Further Remarks (4:45): MP3
    7. Jennifer Firestone, Remarks (4:54): MP3
    8. Timothy Liu, Remarks (5:09): MP3
    9. Initial Responses to Timothy Liu (5:38): MP3
    10. Tisa Byrant, Remarks (5:51): MP3
    11. Question of Difference, Stackhouse and Savlina (9:34): MP3
    12. Buying into White Education (7:23): MP3
    13. Destabilizing Whiteness (7:54): MP3
    14. Disfunctioning Color (1:00): MP3
    15. Audience Questions (24:47): MP3

    Complete Reading (1:39:22): MP3

  • From miPOradio
    1. The Art Of War With Myself (1:19)
    2. Lip-Synching Day Into Night (1:48)
    3. Declarative Substance (0:50)
    4. Autobiographical Encounter (2:02)
    5. The Marriage of Birthdays (0:46)
    
    From Queering Language
    “Never is Less” “On the Way to Dinner, an Objective Remark Written Down” and “Sometimes Black” (5:27)

  • Also of Interest:
    The miPOradio page on PennSound
• Apostrophe Cast

REVIEWS

• BOOG City — Mark Lamoureux reviews “I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU”
• Coldfront Mag — Matt Hart reviews “I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU”
• Cordite Review — Steve Farry reviews “ANTIDOTES FOR AN ALIBI”
• CutBank Reviews — Brandi Homan reviews “I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU”
• Doublewide — Kevin Thurston reviews “ANTIDOTES FOR AN ALIBI”
• DUSIE Reviews — Chris Rizzo reviews “THE GOOD CAMPAIGN”
• fait accompli – Nick Piombino reviews “I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU”
• Galatea Resurrects – Fionna Doney Simmonds reviews “THE GOOD CAMPAIGN”
• Galatea Resurrects – Thomas Fink reviews I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU
• Galatea Resurrects — William Allegrezza reviews “ON THE FLY”
• Jacket Magazine –Alexander Dickow reviews”I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU”
• Never Mind the Beasts — Marcus Slease reviews “ANTIDOTES FOR AN ALIBI”
• Octopus Magazine — Barry Schwabsky reviews “ANTIDOTES FOR AN ALIBI”
• RECONFIGURATIONS – J’Lyn Chapman reviews “I’M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU”
• Stoning the Devil — Adam Fieled reviews “ANTIDOTES FOR AN ALIBI”
• Tarpaulin Sky – Caroline Wilkinson reviews “KISS ME WITH THE MOUTH OF YOUR COUNTRY”
• The Montserrat Review — Amy King reviews Rae Armantrout’s NEXT LIFE
• Word for/Word – David Wolf reviews “ON THE FLY”

REVIEWS OF SINGLE POEMS

• Ashok Karra reviews “Two If By Land, I Do”
  
• Ashok Karra reviews “A Solution To Science, In Part”
  
• Ashok Karra reviews “Everyone Has a Decision To Make”
  
• Elizabeth Kate Switaj reviews “Men By the Lips of Women”
• Simon DeDeo reviews “Say To Me That Your Dreams”
  
• Simon DeDeo reviews “Truth Be Told”