Robin Black

Robin Black holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from Warren Wilson College.  Her first story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, is forthcoming from Random House in 2010.  The book will also be brought out by six foreign publishers and translated into four languages. Robin Black ‘s stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Southern Review, One Story, The Georgia Review, Colorado Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. I (Norton, 2007).  She is the recipient of grants from the Leeway Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, the Sirenland Conference and is also the winner of the 2005 gold medal for Best Short Story in the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, sponsored annually by the Pirate ‘s Alley Faulkner Society. Her work has been singled out for Special Mention by the Pushcart Prizes on four occasions and also deemed Notable in The Best American Essays, 2008 and The Best Nonrequired Reading, 2009.  She is currently at work on a novel, also to be published by Random House and overseas.  Since receiving her MFA, she has taught Advanced Fiction Writing at Arcadia University and worked extensively with individual students.  In 2010, she will be teaching at Bryn Mawr College. For more on Robin, Click Here.