Deborah Robson: Summary of Published Work

Deborah Robson Published work (partial list) and contest honors

Literary writing Essays and articles, Fiction, Poetry, Contest Honors

	Essays and articles

	“Translation,” essay, in KnitLit the Third: We Spin More Yarns, edited by Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolf (New York: Three Rivers Press, forthcoming September 2005).

	“Brushing Up: Where Sky Meets Earth,” article, The Artist's Magazine 22, no. 4 (April 2005), pages 18–20.

	“Traveling Socks,” essay, in The Knitter's Gift, edited by Bernadette Murphy (Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2004), pages 94–101.

	“One Moment in Time,” article, International Artist, issue 40 (December/January 2005), pages 36–45.

	Tribute to Allen Fannin, Spin-Off 28, no 4 (Winter 2004), page 17.

	“Why I Spin,” essay, KnitLit (Too): Stories from Sheep to Shawl . . . and More Writing about Knitting, edited by Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolff (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004), pages 232–4.

	“Almost Still-life with Pages,” essay, Pilgrimage, vol. 28, issue 2 (Fall 2003), pages 52–56.

	“Spring, waiting for rain,” essay, River Oak Review 19 (Fall 2002), pages 67–75.

	“On moving into the hollow square,” essay, Many Mountains Moving 5, no. 1 (issue 13, Spring 2002), pages 123–8, Literature of Spirituality Special Edition.

	“The Red Zone,” in Saving and Surviving Profoundly Gifted Kids (working title), edited by Kiesa Kay, Annette Revel Sheely, Deborah Robson, and Judy Fort Brenneman. Forthcoming.

	“Optimism beyond Reason,” in Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student, edited by Kiesa Kay (Gilsum, New Hampshire: Avocus Publishing, 2000), pages 21–31.

	“When Sun Comes Back to Puget Sound,” in Ariadne’s Thread: A Collection of Contemporary Women’s Journals, edited by Lyn Lifshin (New York: Harper and Row, 1982), pages 316–9. Reprinted as the introduction to The Magic Dulcimer, by Lorraine Lee (Boston: Yellow Moon Press, 1983).

	“Some Experiments in Alchemy” (on the poetry of Charles Simic), Manassas Review 1, no. 2 (Winter 1978), pages 25–31.


	Fiction

	“Deeper than Sound,” Room of One’s Own 8, no. 1 (1983), pages 43–7.

	“Boundary Waters,” Nantucket Review 21 (Fall/Winter 1982), pages 33–44.

	“Flight,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer/Northwest Magazine, April 20, 1980, page 13.

	“Eft,” Writers Forum 6: New American Literature from the West (1979), pages 10–20.

	“Carrie,” Twigs 12, no. 2 (Spring 1976), pages 69–82.

	“If a Wizard Came Riding,” Dogsoldier 3 (1975), pages 40–52.

	“Initiation,” Dogsoldier 2 (1974), pages 35–40.

	“A Woman’s Walk,” Port Townsend Journal 2 (1973); reprinted in Dogsoldier 1 (1974), pages 26–33.

	“The Stained-Glass Butterfly,” Port Townsend Journal 1 (1973).


	Poetry

	“Weaving,” Fiberarts 10, no. 4 (July/August 1983), page 43.


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Pragmatic writing Nonfiction, Book reviews

	Nonfiction

	Knitting in the Old Way: Designs and Techniques from Ethnic Sweaters, by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson. Fort Collins, Colorado: Nomad Press, 2004 (hardcover), 2005 (paperback). Designer, technical editor, contributor of supplementary material.

	Park County, Colorado: Heritage Resource Guide. Fairplay, Colorado: Park County Heritage Education Project, 2001. Heritage preservation handbook and tour guide. Worked with team on conceptual development, research and writing, photo acquisition, and design. Primary contributor for organization, research, writing, and photos.

	“Save the Sheep: The art of endangered resources,” interpretive material for art exhibit of handspun items made from wool grown by rare and endangered breeds of sheep, toured February 2000 through December 2001. Display sites included Gustafson Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (preview installation); Southern Highlands Craft Guild and Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina; Conner Prairie Living History Museum, Fishers, Indiana; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Benton County Historical Museum, Philomath, Oregon; High Plains West Heritage Museum, Great Falls, Montana.

	Handspun Treasures from Rare Wools: Collected Works from the Save the Sheep Project. Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 2000. Conceived, edited, and designed the publication; wrote everything except three of the introductory essays.

	Socks: A Spin-Off Special Publication (with Rita Buchanan). Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 1993.


	Many editorials and articles for Spin-Off: The Magazine for Handspinners from 1988 to 2000, including:

	“Okay, Who Were the Anasazi?” Spin-Off 21, no. 3 (Fall 1997), pages 58–9.

	“The Charkha Road,” Spin-Off 20, no. 4 (Winter 1996), pages 74–80.

	“Diné bé ’Iiná’: The Navajo Lifeway,” Spin-Off 20, no. 4 (Winter 1996), pages 82–4.


	Articles in other magazines, such as Interweave Knits (several), Threads (July 1993), Country Journal (March 1983 and reprinted in an anthology), and the following:

	“A Fiddler on the Rise: Kenny Kosek,” Frets (December 1980).

	“Lorraine Lee: Center Stage with the Appalachian Dulcimer,” Frets (April 1980).

	“Paul Cadwell: 80 Years with the Classical Banjo,” Frets (March 1980).

	“Keeping Track of Lyn Lifshin,” Small Press Review 11, no. 6 (June 1979).

	“Lynx House Press,” Small Press Review 10, nos. 6/7 (July/August 1978).


	Book reviews

	Many book reviews for Spin-Off, The Herb Companion, and Aspect.


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Contest honors: recognized unpublished work Fiction recognition, Poetry recognition

	Fiction recognition

	Semifinalist, AWP Award Series in the Novel, 1979–1980, for Cat’s Paw.

	Finalist, Boston University Journal Short Fiction Contest, 1977.

	Semifinalist, Iowa Short Fiction Contest, 1973, for A Woman’s Walk (story collection).


	Poetry recognition

	1999 “Discovery”/The Nation Contest, semifinalist, for a selection of unpublished poems: “Summer Solstice,” “Tony + Karla 4 Ever,” “Not Now,” and “Beyond Her Roots.”


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