Kiki Petrosino is the author of Fort Red Border (Sarabande, 2009) and the co-editor of Transom, an independent online poetry journal. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, FENCE, Jubilat, Gulf Coast, and The New York Times. Petrosino teaches creative writing at the University of Louisville.

• BloodweedBooksThis Woman's Face Is Your FutureRagweedPersonal Style MonologueThe Terrible Test of LoveNocturneAncestorsGenuflectAllergenesisAlvertaHymn for the Black TerrificOiseau RebelleA Sister Is a Thought Curving Back on HerselfAdvisory ProtocolAt the TeahousePostcard from Ogun StateThe LotusCygnus CygnusTurn Back Your Head & There Is the ShoreEating HouseSuper Milk FlavorTurn Back Your Head & There Is the ShoreTop of a Dumpling, Top of a TempleThe Peaceful Heart Has No Hang-upsNo Birth, No DeathDestiny Comes Together as a Cold PlateLinked to BloodCrossing the BridgeMushroom Growing Beneath the TreeI Shall Absorb Whatever Comes My WayI Love You, No DiscussionMoon-wrapped Fragrant SpareribsHerd Girl's Favorite FlowerEight Renunciations of the Looking-glass

"Petrosino's second book after her well-received debut, Fort Red Border, begins with a lyrical rush. . . . Petrosino is a rising young poet whose work libraries will want to own for readers looking for fresh talent."--Library Journal"Kiki Petrosino’s new collection, Hymn For the Black Terrific, is the kind of book that makes readers of poetry ignite with joy and those who do not read poetry suddenly find themselves in love with verse. Petrosino’s hymn is a song for the human, for the animal we are and for the starlight we are. Cold, self-conscious, ironic poetry is out. Petrosino’s warm, intelligent, wild, blood and bone, poetry is in. Thank god for that."--Matthew Dickman, Portland Oregon

Kiki Petrosino is the author of Fort Red Border (Sarabande, 2009) and the co-editor of Transom, an independent online poetry journal. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, FENCE, Jubilat, Gulf Coast, and The New York Times. Petrosino teaches creative writing at the University of Louisville.

• BloodweedBooksThis Woman's Face Is Your FutureRagweedPersonal Style MonologueThe Terrible Test of LoveNocturneAncestorsGenuflectAllergenesisAlvertaHymn for the Black TerrificOiseau RebelleA Sister Is a Thought Curving Back on HerselfAdvisory ProtocolAt the TeahousePostcard from Ogun StateThe LotusCygnus CygnusTurn Back Your Head & There Is the ShoreEating HouseSuper Milk FlavorTurn Back Your Head & There Is the ShoreTop of a Dumpling, Top of a TempleThe Peaceful Heart Has No Hang-upsNo Birth, No DeathDestiny Comes Together as a Cold PlateLinked to BloodCrossing the BridgeMushroom Growing Beneath the TreeI Shall Absorb Whatever Comes My WayI Love You, No DiscussionMoon-wrapped Fragrant SpareribsHerd Girl's Favorite FlowerEight Renunciations of the Looking-glass

"Petrosino's second book after her well-received debut, Fort Red Border, begins with a lyrical rush. . . . Petrosino is a rising young poet whose work libraries will want to own for readers looking for fresh talent."--Library Journal"Kiki Petrosino’s new collection, Hymn For the Black Terrific, is the kind of book that makes readers of poetry ignite with joy and those who do not read poetry suddenly find themselves in love with verse. Petrosino’s hymn is a song for the human, for the animal we are and for the starlight we are. Cold, self-conscious, ironic poetry is out. Petrosino’s warm, intelligent, wild, blood and bone, poetry is in. Thank god for that."--Matthew Dickman, Portland Oregon

Kiki Petrosino is the author of Fort Red Border (Sarabande, 2009) and the co-editor of Transom, an independent online poetry journal. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, FENCE, Jubilat, Gulf Coast, and The New York Times. Petrosino teaches creative writing at the University of Louisville.

• BloodweedBooksThis Woman's Face Is Your FutureRagweedPersonal Style MonologueThe Terrible Test of LoveNocturneAncestorsGenuflectAllergenesisAlvertaHymn for the Black TerrificOiseau RebelleA Sister Is a Thought Curving Back on HerselfAdvisory ProtocolAt the TeahousePostcard from Ogun StateThe LotusCygnus CygnusTurn Back Your Head & There Is the ShoreEating HouseSuper Milk FlavorTurn Back Your Head & There Is the ShoreTop of a Dumpling, Top of a TempleThe Peaceful Heart Has No Hang-upsNo Birth, No DeathDestiny Comes Together as a Cold PlateLinked to BloodCrossing the BridgeMushroom Growing Beneath the TreeI Shall Absorb Whatever Comes My WayI Love You, No DiscussionMoon-wrapped Fragrant SpareribsHerd Girl's Favorite FlowerEight Renunciations of the Looking-glass

"Petrosino's second book after her well-received debut, Fort Red Border, begins with a lyrical rush. . . . Petrosino is a rising young poet whose work libraries will want to own for readers looking for fresh talent."--Library Journal"Kiki Petrosino’s new collection, Hymn For the Black Terrific, is the kind of book that makes readers of poetry ignite with joy and those who do not read poetry suddenly find themselves in love with verse. Petrosino’s hymn is a song for the human, for the animal we are and for the starlight we are. Cold, self-conscious, ironic poetry is out. Petrosino’s warm, intelligent, wild, blood and bone, poetry is in. Thank god for that."--Matthew Dickman, Portland Oregon