About

Kimberly Ann Southwick is an Aries with a Capricorn Moon & Ascendant. She is the founder & editor in chief of the literary arts journal GIGANTIC SEQUINS, which has been in print since 2009. Her debut full-length poetry collection, ORCHID ALPHA, is out via Trembling Pillow Press as of April 2023.  May of 2020 she earned her doctorate in English & Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and her dissertation was titled "Aletheia: An original collection of poems and a play, with an essay exploring hybridity in works by contemporary American women poets via hybrid utterance." Previously Kimberly received her MA in English from NYU & her BFA in Writing, Literature, & Publishing from Emerson College. She is currently working on a series of decoupage poetry and collage as well as circulating the manuscript for her second full-length poetry collection. Kimberly has been a featured reader at the Open Mouth Poetry Festival, Splice Reading Series, and Dogfish New Orleans Reading series, amongst others. She currently lives in Saks, Alabama, with her daughter, Esmé, and their dog Nova (most of the time). She is an Assistant Professor specializing in Poetry and Creative Writing at Jacksonville State University and a member of the Emily Dickinson International Society, where she serves on their Web Committee. She won't waste your time if you don't waste hers.