KIM VODICKA
Kim Vodicka is the spokesbitch of a degeneration and author of four full-length poetry collections—most recently, Dear Ted (Really Serious Literature, 2022) and The Elvis Machine (CLASH Books, 2020). She also writes erotica and her short story, A Dirty Story as You Like It, was published in 2021 as part of the Pocket Erotica Series by New Urge Editions. She is the creator of several experimental chapbooks, including a poetic comic book, a 7” vinyl EP of sound poems, and an illustrated book of poetry. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and recipient of artist grants from PEN America, Poets & Writers, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and Authors League Fund. For the past decade, she has toured the nation performing spoken word with musical accompaniment in venues both illustrious and disreputable, including the legendary Sun Studio.
PSYCHIC PRIVATES
Psychic Privates is a bold & honest tone on feminism & sexuality in poetry, making room at the center of the stage for the “degenerates” of poetry, looking deep into the crystal balls of sexual transcendence, while mourning a loss of girlhood & impressionable innocence.
REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
"Some contemporary poetry favors direct, realistic accounts of events “as they happened” broken into lines. Vodicka’s goes against the grain, weaving past, present, and future sexual acts and transgressions in a way that always feels relevant. Just when you “get it together”, the next line implores you to “decompose yourself” or “build yourself a Neverland ranch with this shitlist (of hers).”
-Hannah Neal Fleming real pants
"With rhythmic, subversive poetics, Vodicka creates a completely enthralling show of transgression without consequence. It’s a collection that will destroy what you think you know about poetry by showing you how powerful a poem really can be."
-Kailey TedescoLuna Luna Magazine
"Things get fun & dirty with Kim Vodicka as we talk Elvis, poetry, love & of course, sex. Kim Vodicka is the spokesbitch of a degeneration and heart-reactionary at the rearguard of the rose arts."
- Leza Cantoral Get LIT With Leza
PSYCHIC PRIVATES review by Greg Bem featured in Rain Taxi
