born December 6, 1957 Seoul, Korea
family immigrated to the United States when she was nine
BA, Oberlin College
MA, Johns Hopkins University
MFA, University of Iowa
Associate Professor of Creative Writing at San Francisco State University
four books of poetry, Under Flag (1991), The Bounty (1996), DURA (1998) and Commons (2002)
published in major poetry journals and anthologized widely
recipient of the Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative North American Poetry and several awards from the Fund for Poetry, among others
"Possibilities Out of an Impossible Position: Myung Mi Kim's Under Flag" by Zhou Xiaojing
Myung Mi Kim at Art and Culture Network
Myung Mi Kim at Woodland Pattern Book Center
"Into Such Assembly," by Myung Mi Kim
Myung Mi Kim's Commons reviewed