Kimberly Alidio (Author)
Kimberly Alidio, a poet, essayist, historian, and teacher, is the author of five poetry collections: Traceable Relation (Fonograf Editions, 2025); Teeter (Nightboat Books, 2023), winner of both the Nightboat Poetry Prize and the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry; why letter ellipses (selva oscura, 2020); once teeth bones coral: (Belladonna*, 2020), a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award; and after projects the resound (Black Radish, 2016). Essays have appeared in e-flux, Poetry Foundation, American Quarterly, Social Text, Journal of American Ethnic History, Journal of American History, and the anthology, Filipino Studies: Palimpsests of the Nation and Diaspora (New York University Press, 2016). She has been awarded fellowships, prizes, and artist residencies from the University of Arizona's MFA Program, Kundiman, Naropa University's Summer Writing Program, the Center for Art and Thought, the University of Illinois' Asian American Studies Program, and the Spencer Foundation/ National Academy of Education.