Alan King

Poet

Bowie, MD
Maryland US
Email: 
alanw.king@gmail.com
Website: 
alanwking.com
Twitter/X: 
@aking020881
RSS feed: 
alanwking.com/feed/

Author's Bio

“A fixture on the D.C. MD VA scene since 1999, Alan has at one time blessed every Open Mic spot throughout the area. Mangoes, he was there; Brookland Cup Of Dreams, he was there. The “first” Java Head Cafe in College Park, he was there. The first Mocha Hut on 14th St, he was there. Yogi’s Records, he was there; Harambe’s in Adams Morgan, he was there. Teaism, he was there; and Bar Nun, he was there. This cat is a walking history book of D.C. poetry. Not only that, he’s a dynamic performer and prolific writer” — Derrick Weston Brown, poet-in-resident at the 14th and V streets Busboys and Poets.

Education: 
Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books (Minor Arcana Press, 2014)
,
A Writerlicious Anthology About Food: Literal, Poetic, Imagined (Red Claw Press, 2011)
,
Full Moon On K Street: Poems About Washington, DC (Plan B Press, 2010)
,
Motif (MotesBooks, 2010)
,
The Poetics Noire: Volume 1 (Sparkle Bee Media, 2009)
,
Writing Outside The Lines: An Anthology of Poetry from the Wrong Side of the Tracks Riding the Paumanok Train (North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2009)
,
Cave Canem XI 2007 Anthology (Cave Canem, 2008)
,
The Barbershop Chronicles: Poems, Stories & Essays by HIM (Penmanship Books, 2008)
,
Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS (Third World Press, 2007)
,
Taboo Haiku (Avisson Press, 2005)
Books:
POINT BLANK (Silver Birch Press, 2016)
,
Drift (Aquarius Press, 2012)
Journals:
13 Miles From Cleveland
,
5923 Quarterly
,
Adagio Verse Quarterly
,
African American Review
,
Alehouse
,
Amistad
,
Ampersand Review
,
Audience
,
autolycus: rogue literary journal
,
Beltway Poetry Quarterly
,
Best Poem
,
Black Arts Quarterly
,
Black Renaissance
,
Blue Lotus Review
,
Blue Skies
,
Boiler Journal
,
BOMBlog
,
Borderlines
,
Boston Literary Magazine
,
Boxcar Poetry Review
,
Breadcrumb Scabs
,
Brink Magazine
,
Calliope Nerve
,
Cause and Effect Magazine
,
Clarion
,
Coal Hill Review
,
Collaged Verse
,
Compass Rose
,
Conceit Magazine
,
Contemporary American Voices
,
Delaware Poetry Review
,
Denver Syntax
,
Edison Literary Review
,
Eskimo Pie
,
Everyday Weirdness
,
Farfelu
,
Farmhouse Magazine
,
Fledgling Rag
,
Foliate Oak
,
Fox Chase Review
,
Free State Review
,
Gargoyle Magazine
,
Generations
,
Ghoti Magazine
,
Gloom Cupboard
,
Gnome
,
Heavy Bear
,
Hudson View
,
If Poetry Journal
,
Indiana Review
,
Ink Stains
,
Literary Tonic
,
Little Patuxent Review
,
Lucid Rhythms
,
Madswirl
,
Maynard
,
Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations
,
Merge
,
MiPOesias
,
Mobius: The Journal of Social Change
,
Moulin Review
,
Muses Workshop Online
,
Muzzle
,
Mythium: The Journal of Contemporary Literature

,
Naugatuck River Review
,
Nefarious Ballerina
,
Neonbeam Magazine
,
New Verse News
,
nimble
,
No Tell Motel
,
Northville Review
,
NPR
,
Oak Bend Review
,
Obsidian lll: Literature in the African Diaspora
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Off the Coast
,
Orange Room Review
,
Origins
,
Outsider Writer
,
OVS Magazine
,
Perpetual Magazine
,
Pirene's Fountain
,
PLUCK!
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Prime Number Magazine
,
Qarrtsiluni
,
Radius
,
Rattle
,
Red Fez
,
Reverie: Midwest African American Literature
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Rougarou
,
San Pedro River Review
,
Second Run Magazine
,
Shoots and Vines
,
Sou'wester
,
Spindle Magazine
,
Splat/Bang Magazine
,
Stone's Throw
,
storySouth
,
Sugar House Review
,
Suisun Valley Review
,
Taj Mahal Review
,
Talking Writing
,
The Arabesques Review
,
The Battered Suitcase
,
The Blue Moon Literary & Art Review
,
The Drunken Boat
,
The DuPage Valley Review
,
The November 3rd Club
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The Scruffy Dog Review
,
Third Wednesday
,
Tidal Basin Review
,
Timbooktu.com (several poems)
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tinfoildresses
,
Two Rivew
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Umbrella
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Union Station Magazine
,
Unlikely Stories
,
Vinyl
,
WarpLand
,
Welter
,
Whimperbang
,
Willows Wept Review
,
Word Catalyst Magazine
,
Words. Beats. Life.
,
Zygote in My Coffee
Prizes won: 

 Michael J. Clark Best of Little Patuxent Review Poetry Award; 2009-2012-2015 Best of the Net Nominee; 2009, 2013, and 2016 Pushcart Prize Nominee

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Caribbean American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Silver Spring, MD
Maryland
Raised in: 
Fort Washington, MD
Maryland
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Last update: Jun 17, 2021