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.

Rebecca Wolff
Born29 November 1967 Edit this on Wikidata
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPoet Edit this on Wikidata
OrganizationFence Magazine

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

Life edit

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.[citation needed]

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

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Works edit

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

Anthology edit

Novel edit

  • The Beginners was published in 2011 by Riverhead Books.

Editor edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Rebecca Wolff". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (Collection). Gale. 2012. ISBN 9780787639952. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ Betsy Sussler (2014). Bomb: The Author Interviews. Soho Press. ISBN 9781616953805. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Rebecca Wolff". topologymagazine.org. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Dumanis, Michael; Cate Marvin (2006). Legitimate Dangers. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-932511-29-1. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  5. ^ "UP Debuts". Publishers Weekly. November 19, 2001. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  6. ^ "Figment". Harvard Review. December 1, 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  7. ^ "Book Notes". The Washington Post. May 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

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