Jeff Schiff

Poet

Chicago, IL
Illinois US

Author's Bio

In addition to That hum to go by (Mammoth books), Jeff Schiff is the author of Mixed Diction, Burro Heart, The Rats of Patzcuaro, The Homily of Infinitude, and Anywhere in this Country. Hundreds of his pieces have appeared in more than a hundred and twenty publications worldwide, including The Alembic, Bellingham Review, Carolina Quarterly, Cincinnati Review, Grand Street, Ohio Review, Poet & Critic, Tulane Review, Tampa Review, Louisville Review, Tendril, Pembroke Magazine, Carolina Review, Chicago Review, Hawaii Review, Southern Humanities Review, River City, Indiana Review, Willow Springs, and Southwest Review. He is currently serving as the interim dean of the school of graduate studies at Columbia College Chicago, where he has been on faculty since 1987.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
That hum to go by (Mammoth Books, 2013)
,
Mixed Diction (Mammoth Books, 2009)
,
Burro Heart (Mammoth Books, 2004)
Chapbook:
Anywhere in this Country (Mammon Press, 1977)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NY, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Kew Garden Hills, NY
New York
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Last update: Dec 03, 2020