Robert Hill Long

Poet, Fiction Writer

Todd, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
rohilong@gmail.com
Website: 
roberthilllong.com

Author's Bio

Robert Hill Long is the author of six books of poems and flash fiction. He taught creative writing at the University of Oregon, Penn State, and Clark University. His work has appeared in  print and online for fifty years.  He has been anthologized in Deer Drink the Moon, Birds in the Hand, Best American Poetry, and Flash Fiction. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthology:
Flash Fiction (W. W. Norton & Company, 1992)
Book:
The Effigies (Plinth Books, 1998)
Journals:
Manoa
,
ZYZZYVA

Poetry

Anthologies:
Birds in the Hand (Knopf, 2004)
,
Best American Poetry (Scribner, 1995)
Books:
Walking Wounded (WordTech Editions, 2012)
,
The Kilim Dreaming (Bear Star Press, 2010)
,
The Work of the Bow (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1997)
,
The Power to Die (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1987)
Journals:
The Prose Poem
,
Virginia Quarterly Review
Prizes won: 

Oregon Arts Commission Fellow 2011 / Dorothy Brunsman Prize 2010 / War Poetry Prize 2009   /  NEA Poetry Fellow 2005 /  War Poetry Prize 2004   /. Balch Prize, Virginia Quarterly Review 1999 /.  Oregon Arts Commission Fellow 1997 /     Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize 1995 / NEA Poetry Fellow 1988 / North Carolina Art Council Fellow 1986 / Davidson Miscellany Poetry Prize 1975, 1977

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
English American, Scotch-Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina
Raised in: 
NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Mar 12, 2024