Rebecca Reynolds

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
• New Jersey State Council on the Arts grant
• 1998 Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society for Daughter of the Hangnail

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.

References

1. "Rebecca Reynolds". Wmich.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
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.
6. "Spoon River Poetry Review". Litline.org. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
9. "VERSE: 20th anniversary issue". Versemag.blogspot.com. 2004-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
10. "Rebecca Reynolds (REH n'lds), Poet". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2016-10-29.