Robin Becker has published nine books of poems, most recently Midsummer Count: New and Selected Poems (2026 University of New Mexico Press.) Among six books in the Pitt Poetry Series are Lambda-Award winning All American Girl and The Black Bear Inside Me. Becker’s book reviews and poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Poetry, and Slate. Her awards include fellowships from the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute, the NEA, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and GLAGS at CUNY.