Robin Behn
Robin Behn (born 1958) is an American poet, and professor at University of Alabama and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She grew up in Barrington, Illinois. She graduated from Oberlin College, the University of Missouri, and University of Iowa.
Robin Behn
- Born
- 1958
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Education
- Oberlin College · University of Missouri
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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* • The Red Hour, HarperCollins, 1993, * • Naked Writing, DoubleCross Press, 2008 • The Yellow House, Spuyten Duyvil, 2010,
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* • Once Upon a Time in the Twenty-First Century: Unexpected Exercises in Creative Writing. University of Alabama Press. 2020. ISBN 978-0817359423.
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Her work has appeared in Cortland Review, Perihelion, Poetry, and Kenyon Review.
• 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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- 1.Faculty & Staff : Robin Behn.
- 2.Robin Behn | Vermont College of Fine Arts.
- 3.Robin Behn. pw.org. 28 May 1981.
- 4.Robin Behn, Poetry: Issue 12 - The Cortland Review. www.cortlandreview.com.
- 5.Robin Behn Poetry. www.webdelsol.com.
- 6.Robin Behn. Poetry Foundation. 30 March 2018.
- 7.The Kenyon Review.
- 8.Robin Behn - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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