Carolynn Kingyens

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.

Her book and film reviews have been published in Across the Margin and The Arts Fuse.

Two articles published with YourTango in 2024.

In addition to poetry, Carolynn writes published essays, reviews, micro and short fiction. Since 2020, she has published twelve short stories:

Gemma, The Bear (2020)
Fast Car (2020)
Sunglasses At Night (2020)
For Oona (2021)
Moveable Crusade (2021)
The Peggy Effect (2021)
Bye-Bye, Miss American Pie (2021)
Cooper Comes Home (2021)
It Was A Good Day (2022)
The Invitation (2023)
Attachment Theory (2024)
Night Crossing (2024).

The Invitation can be heard on ATM Storytellers Podcast, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Her micro fiction stories "Famished" and "Yoko Ono" can be watched on her YouTube channel.

She writes on a myriad of topics from pop culture to psychology to true crime on Medium: https://medium.com/@ckingyens