Background
Paulette Paulette was born on September 30, 1945 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States, in the family of Paul Henry Rudolph and Helen Virginia (Reise) Roeske.
Paulette Paulette was born on September 30, 1945 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States, in the family of Paul Henry Rudolph and Helen Virginia (Reise) Roeske.
Paulette received Bachelor of Arts at University of Iowa in 1967. Then she earned Master of Arts at Northwestern University in 1968, and got Master of Fine Arts at Warren Wilson College in 1982.
Paulette Roeske's career in the arts includes roles as poet, fiction writer, essayist, editor, workshop leader, lecturer, and teacher. Among her collections of poetry are "Anvil, Clock & Last" and "Divine Attention." She is a frequent contributor to journals such as Poetry, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Threepenny Review, The Georgia Review, and Glimmer Train, and her work appears in over a dozen anthologies.
Roeske has traveled frequently in Asia and Europe, including terms as visiting poet at Christ Church College in Canterbury and at Harlaxton College near Grantham. She lived for many years in the Chicago area where she served on the board of The Poetry Center of Chicago at the School of the Art Institute. A professor emerita of English at the College of Lake County in Illinois and founding editor of Willow Review, she currently teaches creative writing at the University of Southern Indiana.
On June 17, 1967, Paulette married John Terrence Becker, but they divorced in 1978. They have a daughter Adrienne Lee.