Rob Greene

Poet

Raleigh, NC
North Carolina US
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Author's Bio

Rob Greene is the founder and publisher of Raleigh Review, where the overall mission states a belief that “empathy allows us to see through the eyes of our neighbors, whether across the street or across the globe.” Born in Mississippi County in Arkansas, Greene has relocated over 46 times. He received his Ph.D. from University of Birmingham [England], and both his BSc in Microbiology and his MFA from NC State University, where he was fully funded and taught introduction to poetry workshops as a graduate student. He has recent poems in Best New Poets, Poem-A-Day via The Academy of American Poets, One Art, and one in San Pedro River Review. His essays most recently appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review and in Cleaver Magazine. Greene currently mentors the editorial team at The Fool’s World, a new travel magazine. After working for over 38 years, Greene retired from teaching full-time in 2025 to focus on his writing.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Best New Poets (University of Virginia Press, 2024)
Chapbook:
Biloxi Back Bay, the Chapbook (Poets House Showcase) (Rabbit House Press, 2017)
Journals:
Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day
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Great River Review
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One Art
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Open Minds Quarterly
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Spoon River Poetry Review
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Sport Literate
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The Broadkill Review
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Twelve Mile Review
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Prizes won: 

Best New Poets in 2024, NC State Fiction Contest Finalist in 2024. Academy of American Poets Honorable Mention 2011 at NC State University (Graduate Student Prize), Honorable Mention at NC State University Poem Prize 2011 (Judge Thomas Lux), Winner of the 2009 Brenda L. Smart Student Poem Prize at NC State University (Judge Ellen Bryant Voigt). Open Minds Quarterly [Ontario] Brainstorm Poetry Prize Honorable Mention in 2016. Biloxi Back Bay, the chapbook, was featured as part of the 2017 Poets House Showcase for their 25th anniversary in New York.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Denis Johnson, Etheridge Knight, Theodore Roethke, Larry Levis, Philip Levine, Lucille Clifton, Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, Tyree Daye, John Balaban, Raleigh Review staff, Raleigh Review writers, Raleigh Review poets and Nina Simone always.
What I'm reading now: 
Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo, Life on Earth by Dorianne Laux, Cardinal by Tyree Daye, Raleigh Review by Raleigh Review, Dark Harvest by Joseph Millar, Smoke & Glass by Bryce Emley, Slow Art by Sierra Golden, Unselected Poems by Philip Levine, Winter Stars by Larry Levis, Tunsiya/Amrikiya by Leila Chatti, Good Woman by Lucille Clifton, Living Things by Landon Houle, Bright Shade by Chelsea Harlan, Velvet Hounds by Aimee Seu, The Essential June Jordan by June Jordan, Write About an Empty Birdcage by Elaina Ellis, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, Hover Over Her & Exceeds Us by Leah Poole Osowski, The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley, American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Mean by Myriam Gurba, No Arcadia by D Eric Parkison, Passing Through A Gate by John Balaban, Drawing the Vote by Tommy Jenkins, The Woman Who Climbed Trees by Smriti Ravindra, Undress, She Said by Doug Anderson, Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Best New Poets by 2024 BNP, We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine by Deni Ellis Bechard, Hothouse (an FSG history and story) by Boris Kachka

More Information

Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Mississippi County, AR
Arkansas
Raised in: 
Biloxi, MS
Mississippi
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Last update: Jun 22, 2025