Lyn Lifshin

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Lyn Diana Lifshin (1944) is an American poet and teacher who was born in Barre, VT and grew up in Middlebury, VT. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Syracuse University and a master's degree in English from the University of Vermont (writing a thesis on Dylan Thomas). She also studied at Brandeis University, the Bread Loaf School of English and attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference.

Lifshin moved to Schenectady, NY in the 1970s with her then husband. She enrolled in a doctoral program in English at SUNY Albany and began submitting her work for publication. She quickly began appearing in a variety of literary magazines. When she left the university, she began teaching creative writing workshops at various public venues such as libraries as well as her home in Niskayuna, NY, which she still maintains. Eventually, she began earning a living primarily from workshops, readings, and visiting faculty positions.

Lishin has been referred to as "The Queen of Modern Romance Poetry". Over a 120 books and chapbooks of her work have been published. Ms. Lifshin has also edited 4 anthologies (appearing in innumerable others) and was the subject of the award winning documentary film, "Not Made of Glass.". Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and cultural publications, including The American Scholar, Christian Science Monitor, Ploughshares, and Rolling Stone Magazine. Bibliographers and literary critics would be hard pressed to find a literary journal that has not published at least one Lifshin poem at one time or another. To date, there is no comprehensive bibliography of her publications and unpublished manuscripts.

She currently divides her time between her home in Niskayuna and a residence in Virginia. Her website is lynlifshin.com

[edit] Books (partial list)

Another Woman Who Looks Like Me (Paperback - Oct 1, 2006)
Cold Comfort: Selected Poems 1970-1996 (Paperback - Aug 1997)
Offered by Owner: A Collection of Lyn Lifshin's Poems (Pamphlet - 1978)
The Licorice Daughter: My Year with Ruffian (Paperback - Feb 10, 2006)
Ariadne's Thread (Paperback - Sep 1982)
Black Apples (Paperback - 1971)
Mad women & dead men (Lilliput broadside)
Raw Opals (Paperback - Oct 1987)
Red Hair and the Jesuit (Backpocket Poets Series)
Museum (Pamphlet - 1973)
The Old House on the Croton (Paperback - April 1, 1973
Color & Light (Paperback - 1995)
Blue Dust, New Mexico (Paperback - Jun 1982)