Robyn Schiff
{{short description|American poet (born 1973)}}
{{About|the poet|the film and television writer-producer|Robin Schiff}}
{{Infobox writer
|name = Robyn Schiff
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|10}}
|birth_place = Metuchen, New Jersey, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = Sarah Lawrence College (BA)
University of Bristol (MA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
|spouse = Nick Twemlow
}}
Robyn Schiff (born January 10, 1973) is an American poet.
Life
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),{{Cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/robyn-schiff|title = Robyn Schiff|date = 27 July 2021}} and A Woman of Property.{{cite web| url = http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318793/a-woman-of-property-by-robyn-schiff/9780143128274/| title = A Woman of Property by Robyn Schiff: 9780143128274 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books}} Her most recent book, Information Desk (Penguin Books, 2023), was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/robyn-schiff
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."{{Cite web|url=http://bostonreview.net/poetry/stephen-burt-nearly-baroque|title = Nearly Baroque|date = 26 February 2014}}
She is co-editor of Canarium Books,{{Cite web|url=http://www.canarium.org/about/|title=About}} and an associate professor of English at University of Iowa.{{Cite web|url=http://english.uiowa.edu/people/robyn-schiff|title = People | English}} She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, with her husband, poet and filmmaker Nick Twemlow, and their children.
Bibliography
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=Poetry collections=
- {{cite book| title=Worth| publisher=University of Iowa Press, Kuhl House Poets Series| year=2002| isbn= 9780877458203}}
- {{cite book| title=Revolver| publisher=University of Iowa Press, Kuhl House Poets Series| year=2008| isbn=9781587296956}}
- {{cite book| title=A Woman of Property| publisher=Penguin| year=2016| isbn=9780143128274}}
- {{cite book| title=Information Desk| publisher=Penguin| year=2023| isbn=9780143136804}}
= Anthologies appearances =
- {{cite book| title=Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century|editor1=Michael Dumanis |editor2=Mark Doty |editor3=Cate Marvin| publisher=Sarabande Books| year=2006| isbn=9781932511291}}
- {{cite book| title=Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections| editor=Ariel Greenberg and Rachel Zucker| publisher=University of Iowa Press| year=2008| isbn=9781587296390| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/womenpoetsonment0000unse}}
- {{cite book| title=The New Census: Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry|editor1=Kevin A. Gonzales |editor2=Lauren Shapiro| publisher=Rescue Press| year=2013| isbn=9780988587311}}
= Poems =
- {{cite journal| url=https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/new_american_poets/robyn_schiff/| title=Colt Rapid Fire Revolver| journal=Poetry Society of America}}
- {{cite journal| url=http://www.jubilat.org/jubilat/archive/vol14/poem_1/| title=Dear Ralph Lauren| date=2007| journal=Jubilat| volume=14}}
- {{cite journal| url=https://bostonreview.net/poetry/npm14-robyn-schiff-hearing| title=A Hearing| date=April 15, 2014| journal=Boston Review}}
- {{cite journal| url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/53490| title=H1N1| date=April 2010| journal=Poetry}}
- {{cite magazine| url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/22/gate-2| title=Gate| date=April 22, 2013| magazine=The New Yorker}}
Critical studies and reviews of Schiff's work
- {{cite magazine |author=Chiasson, Dan |date=March 21, 2016 |title=The tenderness trap : Robyn Schiff and the poetry of ordinary terror |department=The Critics. Books |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=89–90 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/a-woman-of-property-by-robyn-schiff }}
References
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External links
- {{cite journal|url=http://bostonreview.net/poetry/stephen-burt-nearly-baroque |title=Nearly Baroque |journal=Boston Review |author=Stephen Burt |date=April 11, 2014}}
- {{cite journal|url=http://therumpus.net/2016/03/the-rumpus-interview-with-robyn-schiff/ |title=The Rumpus Interview with Robyn Schiff |journal=The Rumpus |author=Emma Winsor Wood |date=March 21, 2016}}
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Category:Sarah Lawrence College alumni
Category:People from Metuchen, New Jersey
Category:Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:The New Yorker people