Rebecca Reynolds (poet)

Rebecca Reynolds
Born	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	American
Education	Vassar College Rutgers University (MA) University of Michigan (MFA)
Notable awards	Hopwood Award Norma Farber First Book Award (1998)

Rebecca Reynolds is an American poet.

Life

Reynolds was born in Washington, D.C., United States,[1] in which city she also grew up. She graduated from Vassar College, Rutgers University (MA in English), and the University of Michigan (MFA in creative writing/poetry).[2] Since 1991, she has worked as an administrator at Douglass College, and has also taught Creative Writing at Rutgers University.[3]

Stephen Burt calls her an elliptical poet.[4] Her work has appeared in Quarterly West,[5] Boston Review, Spoon River Poetry Review,[6] Cimarron Review,[7] Quarterly West,[8] Verse,[9] and other journals.

She lives in Highland Park, New Jersey.[10]

Awards

• Hopwood Award[11]
• New Jersey State Council on the Arts grant^[citation needed]
• 1998 Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society for Daughter of the Hangnail^[citation needed]

Works

Poetry books

• Daughter of the Hangnail. New Issues Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-932826-56-5.
• The Bovine Two-Step. New Issues Press. 2002. ISBN 978-1-930974-22-7.

Anthologies

• American Poetry: the Next Generation. Carnegie Mellon Press. 2000.

References

1. "Rebecca Reynolds". Wmich.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
2. "U-M English MFA Program: Alumni : Graduate Alumni : MFA Program in Creative Writing". www.lsa.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
3. "Rebecca Reynold's Biography". www.rci.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
4. Morgan Lucas Schuldt (2006-07-29). "A P e e k o f R e a c h: Elliptical Poetry 2". Morganlucasschuldt.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.quarterlywest.utah.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. "Spoon River Poetry Review". Litline.org. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
7. "Cimarron Review Back Issues". cimarronreview.okstate.edu. Archived from the original on 19 November 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
8. "QUARTERLY WEST #62 SPRING/SUMMER - Nicole Walker, ed. : Small Press Distribution". www.spdbooks.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
9. "VERSE: 20th anniversary issue". Versemag.blogspot.com. 2004-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
10. "Rebecca Reynolds (REH n'lds), Poet". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
11. "Full List of Hopwood Winners" (PDF). Hopwood Program. University of Michigan.