Robin Kemp

Poet

Jonesboro, GA

Georgia US

Email:

robin@robinkemp.net

Website:

robinkemp.net

Author's Bio

Robin Kemp was born in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day. A former print journalist and CNN newswriter, she holds degrees in English and creative writing from Georgia State and the University of New Orleans, and is finishing her Ph.D. at Georgia State, where she teaches writing. Her poetry has appeared in New Orleans Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Texas Review, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in Rites of Spring (Pecan Grove Press), Maple Leaf Rag III (Portals Press), and Letters from the World: Poems from the WOM-PO Listserv (Red Hen Press). She lives outside Atlanta until she can get closer to the water.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Letters to the World: Poets from the WOM-PO Listserv (Red Hen Press, 2008)

Maple Leaf Rag III (Portals Press, 2006)

Rites of Spring: A Miscellany of Flowers (Pecan Grove Press, 1996)

Book:

This Pagan Heaven (Pecan Grove Press, 2009)

Journals:

Able Muse

Chili Verde Review

Common Lives

Mesechabe

Texas Review

Valparaiso Poetry Review

Verse Daily

Prizes won:

Pushcart Prize nomination, 2009; Doctoral Teaching Assistantship, 2006-present, Georgia State University; Doctoral Research Assistantship, 2006-07, Georgia State University; Poetry Teaching Fellowship, 2002, Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences; Hambidge Teaching Fellow, 2002; West Chester Form and Narrative Poetry Conference scholarships (multiple years); Glimmer Train Poetry Open Honorable Mention, “Pelican Sonnet”; Visiting Poet & Workshop Leader, 2001, 2002, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts; Gambit Magazine, "Best Poet in New Orleans," 2000; Andrea S. Gereighty/Academy of American Poets Honorable Mention;
UNO Vassar Miller Poetry Prize.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

New Orleans

Raised in:

New Orleans, LA

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Last update: Apr 26, 2012