Robert Ostrom

Robert Ostrom is the author of Sandhour (2019), Ritual and Bit (winner of the 2015 Saturnalia Books Prize judged by Mary Ruefle), and The Youngest Butcher in Illinois (2013 Norma Farber First Book Award finalist). His most recent collection, The Bear Wrestler, is forthcoming from Saturnalia Books in March 2025. His work has appeared in The Bennington Review, The Boston Review, Lana Turner, and elsewhere. A professor of English at CUNY, Ostrom lives in Queens with his partner, two children, and...See more

Robert Ostrom is the author of Sandhour (2019), Ritual and Bit (winner of the 2015 Saturnalia Books Prize judged by Mary Ruefle), and The Youngest Butcher in Illinois (2013 Norma Farber First Book Award finalist). His most recent collection, The Bear Wrestler, is forthcoming from Saturnalia Books in March 2025. His work has appeared in The Bennington Review, The Boston Review, Lana Turner, and elsewhere. A professor of English at CUNY, Ostrom lives in Queens with his partner, two children, and two dogs. See less