Mignon Ariel King

Poet

Author's Bio

Mignon Ariel King was born in Boston, Massachusetts and has never left her home time zone. An alumna of Simmons University, she worked for a decade as a database assistant by day and an adjunct English instructor by night at various small colleges. King is the publisher of Hidden Charm Press and Tell-Tale Chapbooks. Her blog is Making Books Rock (dot) wordpress (dot) com.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
And Again Last Night (Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2009)
Journals:
apt: an online literary journal
,
Gloom Cupboard
,
Ibbetson Street Press
,
Muddy River Poetry Review
,
Off the Coast
,
Poiesis
,
Verse Wisconsin
,
Prizes won: 

I used to teach college English and love it. Not an official prize, to be sure, but how many people have loved ten years of crummy pay and social freakyness?

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling, My Fair Junkie by Amy Dresner

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Nov 16, 2022