Robyn Schiff
Robyn Schiff is an American poet.
Life
Schiff was born in Metuchen, New Jersey. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, an MA in medieval studies from University of Bristol and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.Her poems have appeared in Poetry, The New Yorker, The New Republic, A Public Space, Boston Review, Black Warrior Review, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collections Worth, Revolver, and A Woman of Property. Her most recent book, Information Desk, was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
In a 2014 essay in Boston Review, poetry critic Stephanie Burt described Schiff's work, along with other poets including Angie Estes, Nada Gordon, and Ange Mlinko, as "nearly Baroque."
She is co-editor of Canarium Books, and an associate professor of English at University of Iowa. She lives in Chicago, Illinois, with her husband, poet and filmmaker Nick Twemlow, and their child, Sacha Twemlow.