KIM ADDONIZIO
Kim Addonizio has authored a dozen books of poetry and prose, most recently the poetry collection Exit Opera (W.W. Norton). Her collection Tell Me was a National Book Award finalist. Her honors include NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and her work has been widely translated and anthologized.
The heart may be a trashy organ,
but when it plucks its shiny banjo
I see blue wings in the rain.
I don't think of writing as lonely, though it usually takes a lot of solitude to accomplish. I think we're all having one big conversation. The dead have a lot to say, and so do the living. I take heart from other poets. We delight and console each other.
September 21, 2025
