Judith R. Robinson
Poetry Instructor, Osher at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pgh. PA
Biography
Judith R. Robinson is an editor, teacher, fiction writer, poet and visual artist. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, she is listed in the Directory of American Poets and Writers. She has published 100+ poems, five poetry collections, one fiction collection; one novel; edited or co-edited eleven poetry collections. Teacher: Osher at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
Newest poetry collection is The Painted Poem, Forest Woods Media, 2026
Newest edited collection is “Speak, Speak,” poetry of Gene Hirsch, Cyberwit.com 2020.
Holocaust Exhibit was “The Numbers Keep Changing,” at The Pittsburgh Holocaust Center, April -June, 2019.
Gallery exhibit: New Works at Square Café, September, 2021
Latest Gallery Exhibit: The Art of Friendship, Jewish American Museum, Pgh. Pa. Sept-Dec, 2024.
First Prize, The Reuben Rose International Poetry Competition, Voices Israel, 2024.
What is the relationship between Judaism and/or Jewish culture and your poetry?
My Judaism has occupied my mind and thus my visual art and my writing more than any other subject. Not one to entirely rely on new technology, I will allow myself to quote AI on the subject of Judaism in my work: “Judith R. Robinson, poet and painter, has expressed a deep-seated connection to her Jewish identity, describing it as an inseparable part of her worldview. “AI then quotes me directly: “I am a Jewish poet and painter,” noting that it is “my sensibility,” and “who I am and what I care about.” AI goes on to note that I describe myself as a “Zionist, who does not shy away from expressing political views;” and that I possess a “proud heritage.” There are many more references such as my Jewishness as a “well of emotion,” that fuels my work; as well as specific tributes to my “precious elders, Holocaust survivors, victims of the Tree of Life Massacre, and specific Jewish individuals. I invite you to my website, www.judithrrobinson.com for poems, columns, and essays for the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and The Times of Israel for more material.
Published Works
Books
The Painted Poem (Forest Woods Media, 2026)
Buy A Ticket (Word Poetry, 2022)
Carousel (Lummox Publishing, 2017)
Innocent People ( Amazon Kindle, 2016)
The Blue Heart (Finishing Line Press, 2015)
When I Loved You (Finishing Line Press, 2013)
Orange Fire (Main Street Rag, 2012)
Dinner Date (Finishing Line Press, 2009)
The Beautiful Wife and Other Stories ( Aegina Press, 1996)
Books Edited
Speak, Speak (Cyberwit Publishing; editor, 2020)
Wayfarer, The Snow Falls Up, The Iceberg Sings: 3 volume series of the poetry of Margaret Menamin, Main Street Rag 2009, 2019. 2011
The Brentwood Anthology, Lummox Press; co-editor w/Michael Wurster
Along These Rivers: poetry and photography from Pittsburgh, with Michael Wurster, co-editor Quadrant Publishing, 2008;
Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami, 2005, Rupa Publishers, Inc. and 2005, Bayeux Arts; lead editor w/J. Bauer and S. Roy, assoc. eds.
Signatures, Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 2001, 03, 06, 10, 16 Osher at Carnegie Mellon University and Ring Road Press; poetry editor
Living Inland, Bennington Press; 1989
Links to Sample Works
Vox Populi, “I Apologize”
Poetry Magazine, Featured Poet JUDITH R. ROBINSON, “Jewish Eyes”
Poetry Catalogue, “Carl Enelow“
Subject Matter
Aging, Israel, Antisemitism, Childhood, Cultural Identity, Death, Diaspora, Eastern Europe, Family, Friendship, Grief & Elegy, History, Jewishness, Loss, Love, Parenting, Shoah, Genocide, Trauma, War, Other, Visual Art, Violence, Dreams.Profile created by Judith Robinson.
