{"title":"Kim Addonizio","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Addonizio is the author of six collections of poetry, including three from BOA Editions: \u003cem\u003eThe Philosopher’s Club \u003c\/em\u003e(1994); \u003cem\u003eJimmy \u0026amp; Rita\u003c\/em\u003e (1997); and \u003cem\u003eTell Me \u003c\/em\u003e(2000), a finalist for the National Book Award. In 1999, she collaborated with Dorianne Laux on \u003cem\u003eThe Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry \u003c\/em\u003e(W.W. Norton), and in 2009 published another poetry guide \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within\u003c\/em\u003e (W.W. Norton). Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and essay. Addonizio offers private poetry workshops in Oakland, CA, and in New York City. For more information about Kim Addonizio, visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kimaddonizio.com\/\"\u003ewww.kimaddonizio.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tell-me","title":"Tell Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tFinalist, 2000 National Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tIn this new collection by the author of \u003cem\u003eJimmy \u0026amp; Rita\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Philosopher's Club\u003c\/em\u003e, Kim Addonizio takes the grist of the world and transforms it into poems of transcendent beauty. \u003cem\u003eTell Me\u003c\/em\u003e examines the ties that bind us to those we love - whether parents, siblings, children, friends, lovers or ex-lovers - in rhythm-driven verse, traditional forms and prose poems. The dual themes of love and loss recur throughout this collection in poems that ultimately push toward redemption, saved from despair by Addonizio's keen eye and wise observations about the complexities of relationships.  \"This is a stunning book. Its honesty and self-knowledge will pierce you to the core. Addonizio writes of herself, her passions and predicaments without ever seeming 'confessional' or narcissistic, because what she relates is true of all mankind--especially womankind.\" —Carolyn Kizer \" Many of the poems in Tell Me can be read as intensified versions of the barroom ballad--songs of good and bad love, songs of the allure and the failure of drink. But regardless of the subject, Kim Addonizio's poems are stark mirrors of self-examination, and she looks into them without blinking.\" -Billy Collins   \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tMermaid Song\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003c\/strong\u003e                         for Aya at fifteen\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tDamp-haired from the bath, you drape yourself\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tupside down across the sofa, reading, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tone hand idly sunk into a bowl \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tof crackers, goldfish with smiles stamped on. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tI think they are growing gills, swimming\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tup the sweet air to reach you.  Small girl, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tmy slim miracle, they multiply. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tIn the black hours when I lie sleepless, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tnear drowning, dread-heavy, your face \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tis the bright lure I look for, love's hook\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tpiercing me, hauling me cleanly up. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t© BOA Editions, Ltd 2000 BOA \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tAvailable editions: \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tPaperback ISBN: 1-880238-91-8 \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tPrice: $14.95 \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tPublishing Date: July 2000\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8419006789,"sku":"1880238918","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/TELL_ME2.jpg?v=1527683356"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/Kim-Addonizio.jpg?v=1453487147","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/kim-addonizio.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}