Biography

Ransom received her B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University. She holds a Master of Arts in English with a concentration in creative writing, as well as a Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, from New York University.

From 1984–89 she was a New York Daily News

New York Daily News

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national/international editor. She was also an editor for the San Juan Star. In 1990 she held a NYU fellowship in comparative literature, 1988–90. From 1997–2002 she was professor of creative writing at Rutgers and New York University. In 2004 she was distinguished poet in residence at Saint Mary’s College of California.

She wrote a column for Playboy

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

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She has lived in Madrid, Paris, Indiana, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Boston and New York City. She currently lives in San Francisco.

Prizes and awards

• Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize for Without Asking
• New York University Press Prize 1996 for Fiction for Bye-Bye
• Mamdouha S. Bobst Award for Bye-Bye
• Poetry fellowships at the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts
• Residences at Yaddo and MacDowell