Kim Noriega is an award-winning poet, creative nonfiction writer, and teacher.
She has won the San Miguel Literary Sala Flash Nonfiction Prize and has been a finalist for both the Edna St. Vincent Millay and Joy Harjo Poetry Prizes. Her poem “Heaven, 1963,” was featured in former poet laureate Ted Kooser’s syndicated column American Life in Poetry. She is the poetry editor of The Poetry Distillery and a teaching artist with The Poetry Barn. She is a certified facilitator of the creative regeneration process and an expert consultant in family literacy through the Pacific Library Partnership. She lives in San Diego with her husband, Ernie, and six cats, five of whom were once feral.
Interviews with Kim
Poets and Artists, “Grace Notes,” Interview with Grace Cavalieri, O&S, Fall 2010, Volume 3, Issue 8 (Page 66)
Split Lip Magazine, “Now Playing: Part 4,” August 2017
Split Lip Magazine, “Fightin’ Words,” August 2017
The Poetry Barn, Sneak Peek: “I’m With the Banned,” Interview with Lissa Kiernan, Director, September 2019
San Diego Public Library, Banned Books Week, Interview with Rancy Breece, September 2019
LAdige Review, California Poets Interview Series, Interviewed by David Garyan, October 2, 2024 (scroll to middle of page)
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