Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino is an American poet and professor of poetry. She currently teaches at the University of Virginia and has previously taught at the University of Louisville and Spalding University.
Her collection of poetry Witch Wife was cited by the New York Times as one of the best works of poetry of 2017. Her work has earned her fellowships such as the Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council and the 2019 Fellowship in Creative Writing from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Reviewers have praised Petrosino's use of repetition and unconventional hyphenation in conjunction with traditional poetic forms such the sestina. Petrosino has cited her familiarity with the Italian language and its comparative inflexibility as inspiration for her play with English.Biography
Petrosino was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia, a Master of Arts in humanities degree from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.Works
Petrosino's poems have appeared in Best American Poetry and Tin House. She has published four collections, all through Sarabande Books:
- White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia
- Witch Wife
- Hymn for the Black Terrific
- Fort Red Border
