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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Jonesboro, GA

Georgia US

Email:

robin@robinkemp.net

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.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

New Orleans

Raised in:

New Orleans, LA

Website:

https://robinkemp.net [2]

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.

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any