Confessional Writing—or Just the Unvarnished Truth? featuring Kim Addonizio

Confessional writing—what is it? Something that needs to be defended? Just another way to disparage writers whose subject is self? This week’s episode with poet Kim Addonizio takes a look at what confessional writing might be, why the very characterization is problematic, and why Kim considers herself to be a poet of ideas.

ABOUT KIM ADDONIZIO

Kim Addonizio is the author of eight poetry collections, two novels, two story collections, and two books on writing poetry, The Poet’s Companion and Ordinary Genius. She has received fellowships from the NEA and Guggenheim Foundation, Pushcart Prizes in both poetry and the essay, and her work has been widely translated and anthologized. Tell Me was a National Book Award Finalist. Her new poetry collection is Now We’re Getting Somewhere. She lives in Oakland, California, and is online at kimaddonizio.com.