Rebecca Wolff Explained

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Rebecca Wolff (born 29 November 1967 New York City)^{[1] [2]} is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.

Wolff has won the 2001 National Poetry Series Award and 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize for her literature.

Life

Wolff received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was a student editor of the Iowa Review.^[3]

She created Fence Magazine in 1998, with an editorial staff including Jonathan Lethem, Frances Richard, Caroline Crumpacker, and Matthew Rohrer, and Fence Books in 2001.^{[4] [3]} Fence is now headquartered at the University at Albany, where Wolff is a fellow at the New York State Writers Institute.^[3]

She was married from 2002 until 2012 to the novelist Ira Sher. She lives in Hudson, New York with their children.

On June 25, 2019 Wolff was elected alderman for Hudson's First Ward for the 2020-2021 term.

Awards

• 2001 National Poetry Series for Manderley.^[5]
• 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize for Figment.^[6]

Works

• Book: Manderley. University of Illinois Press. November 7, 2001. 978-0-252-02698-0.
• Book: Figment. W. W. Norton & Company. 2004. 978-0-393-05918-2 .
• Book: The King. W. W. Norton & Company. June 29, 2009. 978-0-393-06932-7.

Anthology

• Not for Mothers Only, Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting and Child Rearing, co-edited with Catherine Wagner, was published in 2007.^[7]
• Book: Legitimate dangers: American poets of the new century. . Cate Marvin. Sarabande Books. 2006. 978-1-932511-29-1 .

Novel

• The Beginners was published in 2011 by Riverhead Books.

Editor

• Book: A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years. Rebecca Wolff. Fence Books. 2008. 978-1-934200-06-3.

External links

• Hear Wolff reading with Catherine Wagner
• Audio: Rebecca Wolff reads "Breeder Sonnet" from the book The King (via poemsoutloud.net)
• Fence Magazine
• Fence Books
• "Rebecca Wolff — The Story of Fence", Jacket 12
• Poetry by Rebecca Wolff, The Commonline Journal, #011
• Brooklyn Rail Rebecca Wolff with Jade Sharma

Notes and References

1. Book: Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors . 2012 . Gale . 9780787639952 . 8 March 2022 . Collection . Rebecca Wolff .
2. Book: Betsy Sussler . Bomb: The Author Interviews . 2014 . Soho Press . 9781616953805 . March 23, 2019.
3. Web site: Rebecca Wolff . topologymagazine.org . 14 February 2017 . March 23, 2019.
4. Book: Dumanis, Michael . Legitimate Dangers . Cate Marvin . 2006 . Sarabande Books . 978-1-932511-29-1 . 2008-09-15.
5. News: UP Debuts. . . November 19, 2001 . 2008-09-15 .
6. News: Figment. . . December 1, 2004 . 2008-09-15 .
7. News: Book Notes . . May 13, 2007 . 2008-09-15 .