Printable view of Rob Greene

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Raleigh, NC

North Carolina US

Email:

rigreene@alumni.ncsu.edu

Link to resume:

Rob Greene's Resume [2]

Bio:

Rob Greene is the founder of Raleigh Review, and he is a father of four.

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

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.

Twitter/X:

RaleighReview

Born in:

Mississippi County, AR

Arkansas

Raised in:

Biloxi, MS

Mississippi

RSS feed:

https://rigreene.com/rss-feed [3]

Website:

https://rigreene.com [4]

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.

Education:

North Carolina State University

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

Writers Retreats:

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any