Elizabeth Robinson (born 1961, Denver, Colorado) is an American poet and professor, author of twelve collections of poetry, most recently Counterpart (Ahsahta Press, 2012),[1] "Three Novels" (Omnidawn, 2011) "Also Known A," (Apogee, 2009), and The Orphan and Its Relations (Fence Books, 2008).
She has also taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has twice served as the Hugo Fellow at the University of Montana.
Robinson was born in Denver, Colorado but grew up primarily in Southern California with four siblings.
Robinson spent her first [clarification needed] in college at the University of California, Davis, where she took courses from Karl Shapiro.
At Brown University, where Robinson completed an MFA, she worked with Keith Waldrop (and was an intern with Burning Deck Press) and C.D.