She is co-editor of the anthology series Bettering American Poetry (Bettering Books) and, with Heidi Lynn Staples, the anthology, Big Energy Poets: Ecopoetry Thinks Climate Change (Blazevox Books 2017).
[10] A founding member (2009) of the literary arts activist organization, Vida: Women in Literary Arts, King currently serves on the Executive Board and is the press officer and Editor-in-Chief of the VIDA Review.
[11][12] Known for its annual report on the rates of publication between male and female authors, in 2014, the VIDA Count expanded to include race, sexual orientation and writers with disabilities.
[14] In August 2015, King curated and contributed to a forum for Poetry Foundation that raised the question, "What Is Literary Activism?
[15][16][17] In 2016, she spoke out about the Swedish Academy's decision to award Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature.