Myung Mi Kim

Poet Myung Mi Kim is also a Professor of English and the James H. McNulty Chair Emeritus at the University at Buffalo. Kim is an expert in 20th-century American poetry and transcultural poetics and is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the field of contemporary experimental poetry.

Kim’s 1991 collection of poems Under Flag (Kelsey Street Press) won the Multicultural Publishers Exchange Award of Merit. She is also the author of other innovative works like Penury (Omnidawn, 2009), River Antes (Atticus/Finch Press, 2006), Commons (University of California Press, 2002), DURA (Nightboat Books, 2008), and The Bounty (Chax Press, 2000).

In addition to the groundbreaking body of avant-garde work Kim has contributed to the field of poetry exploring themes of colonization, diaspora and trauma, and as a dedicated teacher for years at San Francisco State University and the University of Buffalo.

She earned a BA from Oberlin College, an MA from The Johns Hopkins University, and an MFA from the University of Iowa.