Robin Hemley, born in New York City, is an American nonfiction and fiction writer. He is the author of fifteen books, and has had work published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Conjunctions,[1]The Sun,[2] and Narrative,[3] among others. In 2020, he joined the faculty of Long Island University, where his is Director and Polk Professor in Residence of the George Polk School of Communications.[4]
Robin Hemley was born to a Jewish family. His father, Cecil Hemley, was co-founder, with Arthur A. Cohen, of Noonday Press. His mother, Elaine Gottlieb Hemley, published fiction and poetry.[5]
His writing awards include three Pushcart Prizes in fiction and nonfiction, first place in the Nelson Algren Award for Fiction from The Chicago Tribune, and the Independent Press Book Award for Nonfiction.[7]
At Western Washington University, he edited The Bellingham Review for five years and founded the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction and the Annie Dillard Award for Nonfiction. In 2004, he began teaching at the University of Iowa where he was hired as the Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, and since 2000 he has taught at Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he served as Faculty Chair for three years. At the University of Iowa, he founded the NonfictioNOW Conference in 2005.[8]
From 2013 to 2019, he was the Director of the Writing Program, Writer-in-Residence, and Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College in Singapore.[9]
He lives in Brooklyn, is married, and has four daughters.
Selected worksedit
Fiction
The Mouse Town and Other Stories (Word Beat Press, 1987) ISBN978-0912527062
Do-Over! In which a forty-eight-year-old father of three returns to kindergarten, summer camp, the prom, and other embarrassments (Little, Brown and Company, 2009) ISBN978-0316020602
^"Robin Hemley". the international writing life. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
^"Questions and Answers With Robin Hemley". www.asianbooksblog.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
^Clair, Christopher (April 14, 2013). "Life with Nola". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). University of Iowa News Services. p. M14. Retrieved August 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"All Good Things Are Surprises by Robin Hemley | Narrative Magazine". Narrative Magazine. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
External linksedit
Official website
University of Iowa department bio
on To the Best of Our Knowledge on Wisconsin Public Radio
January 01, 1970
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Robin Hemley born in New York City is an American nonfiction and fiction writer He is the author of fifteen books and has had work published in The New York Times New York Magazine Creative Nonfiction Brevity Conjunctions 1 The Sun 2 and Narrative 3 among others In 2020 he joined the faculty of Long Island University where his is Director and Polk Professor in Residence of the George Polk School of Communications 4 Robin HemleyHemley at a music class for DO OVERBornNew York New YorkEducationIndiana University BA University of Iowa MFA Occupation s Writer professorAwardsGuggenheim FellowshipPushcart Prize Contents 1 Life and career 2 Selected works 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editRobin Hemley was born to a Jewish family His father Cecil Hemley was co founder with Arthur A Cohen of Noonday Press His mother Elaine Gottlieb Hemley published fiction and poetry 5 Hemley graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a B A in comparative literature and from the University of Iowa with an MFA in Fiction 6 He earned a PhD in creative practice from the University of New South Wales in 2020 His writing awards include three Pushcart Prizes in fiction and nonfiction first place in the Nelson Algren Award for Fiction from The Chicago Tribune and the Independent Press Book Award for Nonfiction 7 At Western Washington University he edited The Bellingham Review for five years and founded the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction and the Annie Dillard Award for Nonfiction In 2004 he began teaching at the University of Iowa where he was hired as the Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program and since 2000 he has taught at Vermont College of Fine Arts where he served as Faculty Chair for three years At the University of Iowa he founded the NonfictioNOW Conference in 2005 8 From 2013 to 2019 he was the Director of the Writing Program Writer in Residence and Professor of Humanities at Yale NUS College in Singapore 9 He lives in Brooklyn is married and has four daughters Selected works editFiction The Mouse Town and Other Stories Word Beat Press 1987 ISBN 978 0912527062 All You Can Eat Atlantic Monthly Press 1988 ISBN 978 0871132611 The Last Studebaker a novel Graywolf Press 1992 ISBN 978 0253000125 The Big Ear stories Blair 1997 ISBN 978 0895871640 Reply All Stories Indiana University Press 2012 ISBN 978 0253001801 Non fiction Nola A Memoir of Faith Art and Madness Graywolf Press 1998 ISBN 978 1609381790 10 Invented Eden The Elusive Disputed History of the Tasaday Bison Books 2003 ISBN 978 0803273634 Extreme Fiction Fabulists and Formalists with Michael Martone Pearson Education 2003 ISBN 978 0321179722 Do Over In which a forty eight year old father of three returns to kindergarten summer camp the prom and other embarrassments Little Brown and Company 2009 ISBN 978 0316020602 A Field Guide for Immersion Writing Memoir Journalism and Travel University of Georgia Press 2012 ISBN 978 0820342559 I ll Tell You Mine Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program editor with Hope Edelman University of Chicago Press 2015 ISBN 978 0226306339 Turning Life into Fiction Chinese edition Renmin University Press 2018 Borderline Citizen Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood University of Nebraska Press 2020 ISBN 978 1496220417 The Art and Craft of Asian Stories A Writer s Guide and Anthology with Xu Xi Bloomsbury Publishing 2021 ISBN 978 1350076549 Short stories All Good Things are Surprises Narrative 2007 11 References edit Robin Hemley Conjunctions The forum for innovative writing www conjunctions com Retrieved 2018 11 16 The Sun Magazine www thesunmagazine org Retrieved 2018 11 16 Robin Hemley Narrative Magazine Narrative Magazine 2008 06 06 Retrieved 2018 11 16 Guggenheim Winner to Lead George Polk School of Communications What s New at LIU 21 July 2020 Retrieved 2021 12 10 Novelist Elaine Gottlieb Lake Chapala Artists Retrieved 2021 12 08 Robin Hemley Department of English College of Liberal Arts amp Sciences The University of Iowa english uiowa edu Retrieved 2018 11 16 Robin Hemley Creative Nonfiction www creativenonfiction org Retrieved 2018 11 16 Robin Hemley the international writing life Retrieved 2018 11 16 Questions and Answers With Robin Hemley www asianbooksblog com Retrieved 2018 11 16 Clair Christopher April 14 2013 Life with Nola The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa University of Iowa News Services p M14 Retrieved August 1 2023 via Newspapers com All Good Things Are Surprises by Robin Hemley Narrative Magazine Narrative Magazine 2008 08 14 Retrieved 2018 11 16 External links editOfficial website University of Iowa department bio Hemley s interview with Steve Paulson on To the Best of Our Knowledge on Wisconsin Public Radio Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robin Hemley amp oldid 1168243019, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
