Tell Me

Some poets write poems that are momentarily enjoyed, then forgotten. Kim Addonizio writes poems that have stickability. Tell Me illustrates this, with poems like "The Divorcee and Gin." The opening line, "I love the frosted pints you come in," segues into a meditation on gin that is so full of specifics you can almost smell the alcohol. There is an inherent sensuality at work, with lines like "...God, I love/what you do... Read Full Review

I read this book in my advanced creative writing class at Roger Williams University. We all enjoyed the book so much. Kim came to my school and gave informal talks and a reading. She was great. I love her voice in this book. She is straight forward and honest. She puts a great spin on poetry. Her other books are great too! Read them!

If I could meet one poet in the world, it would be this poet. I am in love with the way she writes. She is so artful yet edgy! I don't know how she does it, but I bow down before her. It kills me to have to wait so long for her next book!

Evocative and beautiful, the poems in Tell Me linger long after they're finished. While most are dark and intensely personal, they defy the conceit of so many other poets. Instead, Addonizio is honest, even playful with the dark subjects she writes on.

This book is a marvelous tonic for those who denigrate the contemporary use of traditional form and storytelling in poems. Old fashioned? Out of date? Read this book and Wake Up! Smart, sassy, funny, sexy, tender and bold, these poems give us the news of a wild, humane world that I, for one, am delighted to wake up living in. In a world of so many poet-phonies, Addonizio is grounded. Her poems are the real deal.