Cynthia Arrieu-King

Cynthia Arrieu-King
Alma mater
Employer
Awards
  • Kundiman Fellowship

Cynthia Arrieu-King is an American poet with Chinese heritage.

Early life

Cynthia Arrieu-King was raised in Louisville, Kentucky.[1]

Career

Cynthia Arrieu-King is the author of four collections of poetry, People are Tiny in Paintings of China (2010); Manifest (2013);[2] Futureless Languages (2018)[3] and Continuity (2021).[4] She also co-wrote a chapbook with Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis titled By a Year Lousy with Meteors (2012)[5] and a book-length collaborative volume of poetry with the late Hillary Gravendyk, Unlikely Conditions (2016).[6]

Arrieu-King edited the anthology-length Asian Anglophone issue of dusie. [7]

Cynthia Arrieu-King works as a professor of creative writing at Stockton University.[8] Through the campus radio station 91.7 WLFR, she produced the show The Last Word from 2011 to 2013, and rebooted it from 2022 to the end of 2024: Episodes can be found on Spotify.

Awards and honors

Manifest won the 2013 Gatewood Prize selected by Harryette Mullen.[2] By Some Miracle a Year Lousy with Meteors won the 2011 Dream Horse Press Chapbook Prize. Arrieu-King has also received a Kundiman Fellowship.[9]

Works

Poetry

  • 2006 The Small Anything City, Dream Horse Press, chapbook
  • 2010 People are Tiny in Paintings of China, Octopus Books,[10]
  • 2013 Manifest, Switchback Books[11]
  • 2018 Futureless Languages, Radiator Press[3]
  • 2021 Continuity, Octopus Books[4]

Collaborations

  • 2016 By Some Miracle a Year Lousy with Meteors with Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Dream Horse Press[5]
  • 2017 Unlikely Conditions with Hillary Gravendyk, 1913 Press[6]

Poems

Creative non-fiction

  • 2021 The Betweens, Noemi Press[15]

Short fiction

  • 2015 "Boxes," in The Collagist[16]
  • 2015 "Franny," in Joyland Magazine[17]
  • "Roads Impassable," in StorySouth[18]

References

  1. ^ "Cynthia Arrieu-King". Poetry Foundation. 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ a b "Cynthia Arrieu-King's "Manifest," winner of the Gateway Prize by Switchback Books, (selected by Harryette Mullen), will be out in February!". Kundiman. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  3. ^ a b Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2018). Futureless Languages. Radiator Press. ISBN 978-1732814509.
  4. ^ a b Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2021). Continuity. Octopus Books. ISBN 978-1733455114.
  5. ^ a b Arrieu-King, Cynthia; Kartsonis, Ariana-Sophia (2016). By Some Miracle a Year Lousy with Meteors. Dream Horse Press. ISBN 978-1935716235.
  6. ^ a b Arrieu-King, Cynthia; Gravendyk, Hillary (2017). Unlikely Conditions. 1913 Press. ISBN 978-0990633242.
  7. ^ "Cynthia Arrieu-King, Ph.D." SomoS. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  8. ^ "Faculty and Staff - School of Arts & Humanities | Stockton University". www.stockton.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  9. ^ "Fellows". Kundiman. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  10. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2010). People are Tiny in Paintings of China. Octopus Books. ISBN 978-0980193855.
  11. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2013). Manifest. Switchback Books. ISBN 978-0978617288.
  12. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2018-11-26). "BOMB Magazine | Three Poems". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  13. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (Dec 2017). "Everybody Believes They Are the Good Guy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  14. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (November 2019). "Saga". American Poetry Review. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  15. ^ Arreiu-King, Cynthia (2021). The Between. Noemi Press. ISBN 978-1934819951.
  16. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2015-04-14). "The Boxes". The Rupture (Formerly The Collagist). Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  17. ^ "Joyland Magazine, Volume V". JOYLAND PUBLISHING. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  18. ^ Arrieu-King, Cynthia (2017). "Roads Impassable". storySouth. Retrieved 2026-02-24.