Reynolds was born in Washington, D.C., United States,[1] in which city she also grew up.
She graduated from Vassar College, Rutgers University (MA in English), and the University of Michigan (MFA in creative writing/poetry).
[2] Since 1991, she has worked as an administrator at Douglass College, and has also taught Creative Writing at Rutgers University.
[3] Stephen Burt calls her an elliptical poet.
[4] Her work has appeared in Quarterly West,[5] Boston Review, Spoon River Poetry Review,[6] Cimarron Review,[7] Quarterly West,[8] Verse,[9] and other journals.