Robbi's Latest Blogs
Apr.11.2012 - 1:43 pm
My best experience at a writer's retreat was not, strictly speaking, mine. My husband, a poet, won two stints at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, in...
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Feb.16.2012 - 7:18 am
Writers are both born and made, and with no exceptions, they are made first as readers before they are writers. For my part, I can say that long before I could read,...
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Jan.26.2012 - 12:33 pm
As a science fiction and fantasy book and film fan of sorts, I relish the opportunity to respond to Red Room's blog topic of the week on time travel. The paradoxes...
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Published Reviews
Apr.12.2012
Published by Velveteen Rabbi
Dave Bonta at Via Negativa is reviewing a ton of poetry this month. One of the books he reviewed early in April sounded right up my alley, and I liked the excerpt he posted, so I...
About Robbi
I am a poet and writer who also teaches college when work is available. I have a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Irvine and an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the same institution. Before that, I earned an MA in English/Writing at Hollins College...
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Anti-slavery and human trafficking
Education reform
Advocating for disabled children
animal welfare
environment
literacy
Robbi’s Favorite Books
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, Keats, Yeats, Anna Karenina, and always, my latest enthusiasm...
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