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Alan King

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Alan King

Author's Bio

“A fixture on the D.C. MD VA scene since 1999, Alan has at one time blessed every Open Mic spot throughout the area. Mangoes, he was there; Brookland Cup Of Dreams, he was there. The “first” Java Head Cafe in College Park, he was there. The first Mocha Hut on 14th St, he was there. Yogi’s Records, he was there; Harambe’s in Adams Morgan, he was there. Teaism, he was there; and Bar Nun, he was there. This cat is a walking history book of D.C. poetry. Not only that, he’s a dynamic performer and prolific writer” — Derrick Weston Brown, poet-in-resident at the 14th and V streets Busboys and Poets.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Drift (Aquarius Press, 2012)
Chapbooks:
The Music We Are (Self, 2007), Transfer (Self, 2006)
Anthologies:
A Writerlicious Anthology About Food: Literal, Poetic, Imagined (Red Claw Press, 2011), Full Moon On K Street: Poems About Washington, DC (Plan B Press, 2010), Motif (MotesBooks, 2010), The Poetics Noire: Volume 1 (Sparkle Bee Media, 2009), Writing Outside The Lines: An Anthology of Poetry from the Wrong Side of the Tracks Riding the Paumanok Train (The North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2009), Cave Canem XI 2007 Anthology (Cave Canem, 2008), The Barbershop Chronicles: Poems, Stories & Essays by HIM (Penmanship Books, 2008), Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS (Third World Press, 2007), Taboo Haiku (Avisson Press, 2005)
Journals:
13 Miles From Cleveland, 5923 Quarterly, Adagio Verse Quarterly, African American Review, Alehouse, Amistad, Audience, autolycus: rogue literary journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Best Poem, Black Arts Quarterly, Black Renaissance, Blue Lotus Review, Blue Skies, Borderlines, Boston Literary Magazine, Boxcar Poetry Review, Breadcrumb Scabs, Brink Magazine, Calliope Nerve, Cause and Effect Magazine, Clarion, Collaged Verse, Compass Rose, Conceit Magazine, Contemporary American Voices, Denver Syntax, Edison Literary Review, Eskimo Pie, Everyday Weirdness, Farfelu, Farmhouse Magazine, Foliate Oak, Fox Chase Review, Gargoyle, Ghoti Magazine, Gloom Cupboard, Gnome, Heavy Bear , Hudson View, If Poetry Journal, Indiana Review, Ink Stains, Literary Tonic, Little Patuxent Review, Lucid Rhythms, Madswirl, Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations, Merge, MiPOesias, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Moulin Review, Muses Workshop Online, Muzzle, Mythium: The Journal of Contemporary Literature
, Naugatuck River Review, Nefarious Ballerina, Neonbeam Magazine, New Verse News, nimble, No Tell Motel, Northville Review, Oak Bend Review, Obsidian lll: Literature in the African Diaspora, Off the Coast, Orange Room Review, Outsider Writer, OVS Magazine, Perpetual Magazine, Pirene's Fountain, PLUCK!, Prime Number Magazine, Qarrtsiluni, Rattle, Red Fez, Reverie: Midwest African American Literature, Rougarou, San Pedro River Review, Second Run Magazine, Shoots and Vines, Sou'wester, Spindle Magazine, Splat/Bang Magazine, Stone's Throw, storySouth, Sugar House Review, Suisun Valley Review, Taj Mahal Review, Talking Writing, The Ampersand Review, The Arabesques Review, The Battered Suitcase, The Blue Moon Literary & Art Review, The Drunken Boat, The DuPage Valley Review, The Maynard, The November 3rd Club, The Scruffy Dog Review, Third Wednesday, Tidal Basin Review, Timbooktu.com (several poems), tinfoildresses, Two Rivew, Umbrella, Unlikely Stories, WarpLand, Welter, Whimperbang, Willows Wept Review, Word Catalyst Magazine, Words. Beats. Life., Zygote in My Coffee
Prizes:
2009 Best of the Net Nominee, 2009 Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2006 Best City Poem of Year (3rd Muses Prize)

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:
Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website by Eds. Diane Boller, Don Selby and Chryss Yost, Edgewater by Ruth L. Schwartz, Hammerlock by Tim Seibles, Hurdy Gurdy by Tim Seibles
Favorite Books:
anything by Tim Seibles,She's Gone by Kwame Dawes, anything by John Ridley, Drop by Matt Johnson,
Favorite Authors:
Tim Seibles, Tony Hoagland, Stephen Dobyns, Kim Addonizio, Ross Gay

Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the writers listed in it.
Listing last updated: May 17, 2011

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
Any
Born in:
Silver Spring, MD
Raised in:
Fort Washington, MD

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