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Robin Behn - Poetry

Robin Behn
University of Alabama
English Department
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244
205-246-6283
rbehn@bama.ua.edu
http://as.ua.edu/english/04_faculty_staff/faculty/behn_r.htm

Hometown: Birmingham, AL

Genre

• Poetry

Publications and Awards

Books:
The Yellow House, Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2011
Naked Writing, DoubleCross Press, 2009
Horizon Note, University of Wisconsin Press, 2001
The Red Hour, HarperCollins, 1993
The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach, HarperCollins, 1993
Paper Bird, Texas Tech University Press, 1988

Literary Awards:
Brittingham Prize, 2001
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1999
Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, 1991
Literary Arts Fellowship, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 1991
AWP Prize in Poetry, 1988

More Information

Gives readings: Yes
Travels to readings: Yes
Conducts workshops: Yes
Available for interviews: Yes