Cynthia Arrieu-King

The Magician from Kate Greenstreet on Vimeo . Didn't remember this was on-line until a friend posted it to my timeline on Facebook today. Kate and Max Greenstreet and I had a special time that day talking about our fathers and the things they taught us. I think this must have been 2010. I recommend all the other Kicking Wind videos and poem videos.

Just want to update everyone on the dates for the readings for The Soluble Hour. I promised Rusty at Omnidawn that I would take this book around and share it with everyone, but it is really important that if anyone out there wants to come help remember Hillary and read poems with us at these readings, to please get in touch with me. Would be wonderful for her friends to be gathered together as much as possible. *  May 16th in Chicago, Michael Robins, who has been a lovely champion of Hillary's poems and some of his fellow Chicagoan poets Ruben Quesada, Jennifer Scappettone, Valerie Wallace and I will be reading Hillary's poems at City Lit Books. Hillary´s former student the poet S, Brrok Corfman will also be reading. May 19th in Los Angeles: Please get in touch with me if you knew Hillary and want to be part of this reading. It will be at Poetic Research Bureau at 7:30 PM. May 20th in Seattle: There will be a reading at Hugo House at 4PM. Hillary grew up near Seattle and w...

Hillary's last book of poems will be published by Omnidawn in their Pocket Poetry series, October 3. In Hillary Gravendyk’s The Soluble Hour, the speaker sings with visionary passion how the beloved and dear ones will soon be without her and laments for their imminent grief. But being in extremis pulls the voice towards testimony of unquestioned love, a recollection of landscapes Californian and otherwise, and previous selves. The poet wields her deep solitude as the measure of truth and conviction, the self that accepts its own impermanence. It is available for pre-order from Omnidawn here . Cover painting Jean Nagai and cover design by Sharon Zetter . Omnidawn is offering until September their entire fall 17 catalogue, including Hillary's book for $58 here.  * Many of Hillary's friends and family will be celebrating this book and reading from it in different cities around the country (Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco) t...

I have three new poems out this fall. The first two are on the daily-posting Gramma Poetry which is so beautifully laid out and posts amazing poets: click here . The third is out at Powder Keg . I appreciate the magazine's use of Shanna Compton's "inclusive spaces" seal. To read my poem click here . Thanks to the editors, the universe, the great company in each.

In the summer I had a conversation with Lily Hoang about all kinds of stuff. It's here . She's the intensely funny and gripping author of The Bestiary. I was also interviewed for The Collagist and asked really thoughtful questions by Dana Diehl, here .