Kim (Freilich) Dower,
originally from New York City, received a BFA in Creative Writing
from Emerson College, where she also taught creative writing.
Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave is her fourth collection of
poetry. Her other collections, Air Kissing on Mars, (2010)
described by the Los Angeles Times as “sensual and evocative . . .
seamlessly combining humor and heartache,” was on the Poetry
Foundation’s Contemporary Best Sellers list, Slice of Moon,
(2013) was nominated for a Pushcart, and called, “unexpected and
sublime,” by “O” magazine, and Last Train to the Missing Planet,
(2016), was described by Janet Fitch as being “full of worldly,
humorous insights into life as it is,” were all published by Red Hen
Press. Kim’s work has been featured in Garrison Keillor's "The
Writer's Almanac," and Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry,” as
well as in Ploughshares, Barrow Street, Rattle and Eclipse.
Her poems are included in several anthologies, including, Wide
Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, (Beyond Baroque
Books/Pacific Coast Poetry Series, 2015) and Coiled Serpent:
Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles,
(Tia Chucha Press). She teaches two workshops, Poetry and
Dreaming and Poetry and Memory in the B.A. Program of
Antioch University. Owner of Kim-from-L.A. a literary publicity
company helping authors promote and market their books, Kim is also
City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood,
and will hold this position through October, 2018. She lives in West
Hollywood with her family.
Kim (Freilich) Dower,
originally from New York City, received a BFA in Creative Writing
from Emerson College, where she also taught creative writing.
Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave is her fourth collection of
poetry. Her other collections, Air Kissing on Mars, (2010)
described by the Los Angeles Times as “sensual and evocative . . .
seamlessly combining humor and heartache,” was on the Poetry
Foundation’s Contemporary Best Sellers list, Slice of Moon,
(2013) was nominated for a Pushcart, and called, “unexpected and
sublime,” by “O” magazine, and Last Train to the Missing Planet,
(2016), was described by Janet Fitch as being “full of worldly,
humorous insights into life as it is,” were all published by Red Hen
Press. Kim’s work has been featured in Garrison Keillor's "The
Writer's Almanac," and Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry,” as
well as in Ploughshares, Barrow Street, Rattle and Eclipse.
Her poems are included in several anthologies, including, Wide
Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, (Beyond Baroque
Books/Pacific Coast Poetry Series, 2015) and Coiled Serpent:
Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles,
(Tia Chucha Press). She teaches two workshops, Poetry and
Dreaming and Poetry and Memory in the B.A. Program of
Antioch University. Owner of Kim-from-L.A. a literary publicity
company helping authors promote and market their books, Kim is also
