Amy King is an American poet, born in Baltimore, MD and raised in Stone Mountain, GA. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, teaches Creative Writing and English at Nassau Community College, edits the literary arts journal, MiPOesias, edits the POETICS list, and succeeded Annie Finch as the Women's Poetry Listserv moderator in 2008. She has earned degrees in Poetry (M.F.A., Brooklyn College), Poetics (M.A., SUNY Buffalo) and English and Women's Studies (B.S., Towson University).