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Robyn Schiff

American poet (born 1973) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Robyn Schiff (born January 10, 1973) is an American poet.

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Schiff was born in Metuchen, New Jersey. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, an MA in medieval studies from University of Bristol and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Her poems have appeared in Poetry, The New Yorker, The New Republic, A Public Space, Boston Review, Black Warrior Review, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collections Worth, Revolver (a finalist for a 2008 PEN award),[1] and A Woman of Property.[2] Her most recent book, Information Desk (Penguin Books, 2023), was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.[3]

In a 2014 essay in Boston Review, poetry critic Stephanie Burt described Schiff's work, along with other poets including Angie Estes, Nada Gordon, and Ange Mlinko, as "nearly Baroque."[4]

She is co-editor of Canarium Books,[5] and an associate professor of English at University of Iowa.[6] She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, with her husband, poet and filmmaker Nick Twemlow, and their children.

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Bibliography

Poetry collections

  • Worth. University of Iowa Press, Kuhl House Poets Series. 2002. ISBN 9780877458203.
  • Revolver. University of Iowa Press, Kuhl House Poets Series. 2008. ISBN 9781587296956.
  • A Woman of Property. Penguin. 2016. ISBN 9780143128274.
  • Information Desk. Penguin. 2023. ISBN 9780143136804.

Anthologies appearances

Poems

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Critical studies and reviews of Schiff's work

References

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