Rebecca Wolff
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Rebecca Wolff is a poet
, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.
She created Fence Magazine in 1997, 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 teaches classes for the New York State Writers Institute in Poetry and Creative Writing.
She lives in Athens, New York
with her husband, the novelist Ira Sher, and their children Asher and Margot.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.
Life
Wolff received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was an assistant editor of the Iowa Review.She created Fence Magazine in 1997, with an editorial staff including Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Allen Lethem 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 published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels...
, Frances Richard, Caroline Crumpacker, and Matthew Rohrer
Matthew Rohrer
Matthew Rohrer is an American poet.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Iowa.His first book of poetry, A Hummock in the Malookas , was selected by Mary Oliver...
, and Fence Books in 2001. Fence is now headquartered at the University at Albany, where Wolff teaches classes for the New York State Writers Institute in Poetry and Creative Writing.
She lives in Athens, New York
Athens, New York
Athens, New York can refer to:* Athens , New York* Athens , New York...
with her husband, the novelist Ira Sher, and their children Asher and Margot.
Awards
- 2001 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
for Manderley. - 2003 Barnard Women Poets PrizeBarnard Women Poets PrizeThe Barnard Women Poets Prize is a major American literary award for a book of poetry in the English language.From 1986-1999 the prize was called the Barnard New Women Poets Prize...
for Figment
Anthology
- Not for Mothers Only, Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting and Child Rearing, co-edited with Catherine WagnerCatherine Wagner-Life:Wagner lived in Asia and the Middle East until 1977, when her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland.She graduated from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Iowa , and University of Utah ....
, was published in 2007.