Richard Robbins

Poet

Corvallis, OR
Oregon US
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Author's Bio

Richard Robbins grew up in Southern California and Montana. He studied with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees at the University of Montana, where he earned his MFA. He has published seven books of poems, most recently The Oratory of All Souls (Lynx House Press, 2023). He has received awards from The Loft, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America. From 1986-2014, Robbins directed the Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State University Mankato, where he recently retired from the creative writing program. He now lives in Oregon. His website is https://www.richardrobbinspoems.com

Publications & Prizes

Books:
The Oratory of All Souls (Lynx House Press, 2023)
,
Body Turn to Rain: New & Selected Poems (Lynx House Press, 2017)
,
Other Americas (Blueroad Press, 2010)
,
Radioactive City (Bellday Books, 2009)
,
The Untested Hand (Backwaters Press, 2008)
,
Famous Persons We Have Known (Eastern Washington University Press, 2000)
,
The Invisible Wedding (University of Missouri Press, 1984)
Prizes won: 

Awards from The Loft, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
San Clemente, CA
California
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Last update: Jan 24, 2024