Carolynn Kingyens

Poet

New York, NY

New York US

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Author's Bio

Carolynn Kingyens was born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia.

Her poems have been featured in Boxcar Poetry Journal, Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Potomac, Haggard & Halloo, The Orange Room Review, Red Eft Review, Across the Margin, Tuck Magazine, Word Riot, Eunoia Review, Glass: Journal of Poetry, One Art, and The Five-Two Literary Review.

In addition to poetry, Kingyens writes published essays/articles, book/film reviews, and short fiction.

Today, Carolynn lives in New York with her husband and two beautiful, kind, and creative daughters.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Coupling (Kelsay Books, 2021)

BEFORE THE BIG BANG MAKES A SOUND (Kelsay Books, 2020)

Prizes won:

Nominated for Best New Poets.

Her short stories "Bye-Bye, Miss American Pie" and "The Invitation" were selected by Across the Margin, a Brooklyn arts & culture webzine, for their Best of Fiction 2021 and 2023 list, respectively.

You can now listen to "The Invitation" on ATM's Storytellers, available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Here's a link to latest short story "Night Crossing," published in September 2024:

https://acrossthemargin.com/night-crossing/

She has recently published two articles with YourTango, a large, women-led NYC publisher, entitled "How Creative Resilience Saved Me From Childhood Trauma" and "There's A Tiffany In Every Dysfunctional Family," about the youngest sister of David and Amy Sedaris; familial scapegoating and generational trauma.

She writes on a myriad of topics on Medium, from The Royal Family to true crime. You can find her on Medium here: https://medium.com/@ckingyens

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

John Irving, Janet Fitch, J.D. Salinger, J. California Cooper, David Sedaris, Alice Walker, Ron Samul, Jacob M. Appel; Poets - Charles Bukowski, John Wall Barger, Nick Flynn, Billy Collins, Louise Gluck, Anne Sexton, Charles Rammelkamp, Corey D. Cook, Doug Holder, Ed Meek, Martha Collins, Gloria Mindock, George Bilgere, Jon Ballard

What I'm reading now:

The Mean Game by John Wall Barger , The Staff by Ron Samul

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Philadelphia , PA

Pennsylvania

Raised in:

Philadelphia , PA

Pennsylvania

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Last update: Oct 26, 2024