Robyn Schiff

This article is about the poet. For the film and television writer-producer, see Robin Schiff.

Robyn Schiff (born January 10, 1973) is an American poet.

Robyn Schiff
Born	(1973-01-10) January 10, 1973 Metuchen, New Jersey
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Iowa Writers' Workshop University of Bristol Sarah Lawrence College
Spouse	Nick Twemlow

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 and Revolver, which was a finalist for a 2008 PEN award. Her most recent book of poetry, A Woman of Property, was published in 2016 by Penguin. In a 2014 essay in the Boston Review, poetry critic Stephen Burt described Schiff's work, along with other poets including Angie Estes, Nada Gordon, and Ange Mlinko, as "nearly Baroque."

She is co-editor of Canarium Books, and an associate professor of English at University of Iowa. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, with her husband, poet and filmmaker Nick Twemlow, and their children.

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections

• Information Desk. Penguin. 2023. ISBN 978-0143136804.
• A Woman of Property. Penguin. 2016. ISBN 978-0143128274.
• Revolver. University of Iowa Press, Kuhl House Poets Series. 2008. ISBN 978-1587296956.
• Worth. University of Iowa Press, Kuhl House Poets Series. 2002. ISBN 978-0877458203.

Anthologies

• Kevin A. Gonzales; Lauren Shapiro, eds. (2013). The New Census: Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. Rescue Press. ISBN 978-0988587311.
• Ariel Greenberg and Rachel Zucker, ed. (2008). Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1-58729-639-0.
• Michael Dumanis; Mark Doty; Cate Marvin, eds. (2006). Legitimate dangers: American poets of the new century. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-932511-29-1.

Poems

• "Gate". The New Yorker. April 22, 2013.
• "H1N1". Poetry. April 2010.
• "A Hearing". Boston Review. April 15, 2014.
• "Dear Ralph Lauren". Jubilat. 14. 2007.
• "Colt Rapid Fire Revolver". Poetry Society of America.

Critical studies and reviews of Schiff's work

• Chiasson, Dan (March 21, 2016). "The tenderness trap : Robyn Schiff and the poetry of ordinary terror". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. Vol. 92, no. 6. pp. 89–90.

External links

• Emma Winsor Wood (March 21, 2016). "The Rumpus Interview with Robyn Schiff". The Rumpus.
• Stephen Burt (April 11, 2014). "Nearly Baroque". Boston Review.