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Rebecca Wolff
Rebecca Wolff (born November 29, 1967 in New York City) is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both ''Fence Magazine'' and Fence Books. Wolff has won the 2001 National Poetry Series Award and 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize for her literature. Life Wolff received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was a student editor of the '' Iowa Review''. She created ''Fence Magazine'' in 1998, with an editorial staff including Jonathan Lethem, Frances Richard, Caroline Crumpacker, and Matthew Rohrer, and Fence Books in 2001. ''Fence'' is now headquartered at the University at Albany, where Wolff is a fellow at the New York State Writers Institute. She was married from 2002 until 2012 to the novelist Ira Sher. She lives in Hudson, New York, with their children. On June 25, 2019 Wolff was elected alderman for Hudson's First Ward for the 2020–2021 term. Awards * 2001 National Poetry Series for ''Manderley''. * 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize The Barnar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fence (magazine)
''Fence'' is an American print and online literary publication containing both original work and critical and journalistic coverage of what may be largely termed "experimental" or "avant garde" material. Conceived by Rebecca Wolff in 1997 and first printed in Spring 1998 (receiving coverage from ''Poets & Writers''), its editors have included Jonathan Lethem and Ben Marcus (fiction), Matthew Rohrer and Caroline Crumpacker (poetry), and Frances Richard (non-fiction). As of January 1, 2022, poets Emily Wallis Hughes and Jason Zuzga became editorial co-directors. ''Fence'' is published biannually. The translator and National Book Award-nominated poet Cole Swensen edits La Presse, an imprint of ''Fence'' magazine publishing contemporary French poetry in translation. ''Fence'' book publishing arm, Fence Books, has printed volumes by a number of younger non-traditional poets as well as mid-career and older poets. ''Fence'' has also joined with McSweeney's, Wave Books and ''Open Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard Review
''Harvard Review'' is a biannual literary journal published by Houghton Library at Harvard University. History In 1986 Stratis Haviaras, curator of the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University, founded a quarterly periodical called ''Erato''. The first issue featured a poem by Seamus Heaney, a short piece on Louis Simpson, a news item from Harvard University Press, and three pages of book reviews. Within three years the book review section of ''Erato'' had grown to more than 30 pages and the publication was renamed ''Harvard Book Review''. In 1992 Haviaras relaunched the publication as ''Harvard Review'', a perfect-bound journal of approximately 200 pages, featuring poetry, fiction, and literary criticism, published semi-annually by the Harvard College Library. In 2000 Haviaras retired from Harvard University and Christina Thompson (formerly the editor of the Australian journal ''Meanjin'') was appointed editor. Contributors Contributors to ''Harvard Review'' have includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Writers' Workshop Alumni
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American Women Poets
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21st-century American Women Writers
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21st-century American Poets
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21st-century American Novelists
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1967 Births
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Cate Marvin
Cate Marvin is an American poet. Life She graduated from Marlboro College (BA, 1993), University of Houston (MFA, 1997), University of Iowa (MFA, 1999) and University of Cincinnati (Ph.D., 2003) She has taught at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Columbia University and in the English Department of Colby College. Her work has appeared in ''Ploughshares'', ''Fence'', ''The New England Review'', ''Poetry'', ''The Kenyon Review'', ''The Paris Review'', ''The Cincinnati Review'', ''Slate'', ''Verse'', ''Boston Review'', ''Ninth Letter'', and ''TriQuarterly''. Awards * 2000 Kathryn A. Morton Prize, for ''World’s Tallest Disaster'' by Robert Pinsky * 2002 Kate Tufts Discovery Award from Claremont Graduate University. * 2007 NYFA Fellow * 2007 Whiting Award * 200James Merrill HouseFellowship * 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
