Biography
Roxana Barry Robinson
Born in Pine Mountain, Kentucky, Roxana Robinson grew up in New Hope, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Buckingham Friends School, in Lahaska, and from The Shipley School, in Bryn Mawr. She attended Bennington College and studied with Bernard Malamud and Howard Nemerov. She received a B.A. degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan.
Ms. Robinson has received Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony. She is a critically acclaimed fiction writer, author of three novels and two collections of short stories. Her work has been compared to John Cheever’s, by The New York Times, and to Edith Wharton’s, by Time Magazine. It has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, The Atlantic, and other magazines. Her work has appeared often in Best American Short Stories, has been widely anthologized and broadcast on National Public Radio. Three of her works have been chosen Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times, and she was named a Literary Lion by The New York Public Library.
Roxana Robinson has taught creative writing workshops at Bennington College, the University of Southern Indiana, and George Mason University. She has taught frequently at the Wesleyan Writers’ Conference at Wesleyan University. She taught in the Creative Writing Department at the University of Houston, Fall 2001, and in the year 2002-2003 at Wesleyan University.
Ms. Robinson is also a biographer and scholar of nineteenth and early twentieth century American art. Her articles have appeared in Arts, ARTnews, and Art & Antiques, as well as in exhibition catalogues for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Katonah Museum of Art, and other institutions. Her biography of Georgia O'Keeffe was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was named one of The New York Times Most Notable Books of the Year. Ms. Robinson lectures frequently on Georgia O'Keeffe, and appeared in the BBC documentary on the artist. Her biography is considered the definitive work, called by Calvin Tomkins, of the New Yorker, "without question the best book written about O'Keeffe."
She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and Travel Section. She reviews books for The Washington Post and her essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Vogue, House and Garden, and other publications.
Ms. Robinson is also a gardener and garden writer, and her work in this field has appeared in Horticulture and House and Garden. Her garden is listed in the Garden Conservancy Open Days, and has been written about in The New York Times, House and Garden, Traditional Homes, The Atlantic, Gardens Illustrated, and other publications.
Born in Pine Mountain, Kentucky, Roxana Robinson grew up in New Hope, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Buckingham Friends School, in Lahaska, and from The Shipley School, in Bryn Mawr. She attended Bennington College and studied with Bernard Malamud and Howard Nemerov. She received a B.A. degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan.
Ms. Robinson has received Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony. She is a critically acclaimed fiction writer, author of three novels and two collections of short stories. Her work has been compared to John Cheever’s, by The New York Times, and to Edith Wharton’s, by Time Magazine. It has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, The Atlantic, and other magazines. Her work has appeared often in Best American Short Stories, has been widely anthologized and broadcast on National Public Radio. Three of her works have been chosen Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times, and she was named a Literary Lion by The New York Public Library.
Roxana Robinson has taught creative writing workshops at Bennington College, the University of Southern Indiana, and George Mason University. She has taught frequently at the Wesleyan Writers’ Conference at Wesleyan University. She taught in the Creative Writing Department at the University of Houston, Fall 2001, and in the year 2002-2003 at Wesleyan University.
Ms. Robinson is also a biographer and scholar of nineteenth and early twentieth century American art. Her articles have appeared in Arts, ARTnews, and Art & Antiques, as well as in exhibition catalogues for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Katonah Museum of Art, and other institutions. Her biography of Georgia O'Keeffe was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was named one of The New York Times Most Notable Books of the Year. Ms. Robinson lectures frequently on Georgia O'Keeffe, and appeared in the BBC documentary on the artist. Her biography is considered the definitive work, called by Calvin Tomkins, of the New Yorker, "without question the best book written about O'Keeffe."
She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and Travel Section. She reviews books for The Washington Post and her essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Vogue, House and Garden, and other publications.
Ms. Robinson is also a gardener and garden writer, and her work in this field has appeared in Horticulture and House and Garden. Her garden is listed in the Garden Conservancy Open Days, and has been written about in The New York Times, House and Garden, Traditional Homes, The Atlantic, Gardens Illustrated, and other publications.
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