Amy King

Amy King is an American poet, essayist, and professor of creative writing at SUNY Nassau Community College, known for her collections such as The Missing Museum and I Want to Make You Safe. She is a prominent voice in contemporary poetry, serving on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and co-editing anthologies like Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene. Her work has been honored with the 2015 Women's National Book Association Award and the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize.