Rebecca Wolff (born 29 November 1967 New York City) is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both ''

Fence Magazine ''Fence'' is a 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 ...

'' 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 Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, ''Gun, with Occasional Music'', a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was publishe ...

, 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 for ''Figment.''

Works

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Anthology

* ''Not for Mothers Only, Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting and Child Rearing'', co-edited with Catherine Wagner, was published in 2007. *

Novel

* ''The Beginners'' was published in 2011 by Riverhead Books.

Editor

References

External links

Hear Wolff reading with Catherine Wagner
* Audio
Rebecca Wolff reads "Breeder Sonnet"
from the book ''The King'' (vi
poemsoutloud.net

''Fence Magazine''Fence BooksBrooklyn Rail Rebecca Wolff with Jade Sharma
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