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Robin Dellabough: From Supporting Others' Creativity to Claiming Your Own

Feb 12, 2026
Robin Dellabough, writer and editor known for decades supporting others and now publishing poetry and memoir. She recounts a bohemian Greenwich Village upbringing, hitchhiking and theater adventures, and the pattern of facilitating others while sidelining her own work. She explains claiming a creative life through daily practice, tough editorial feedback, and forming a creativity support group.
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INSIGHT

Permission To Try Anything

  • Robin Dellabough credits her bohemian Greenwich Village upbringing with giving her the confidence to try anything and experiment.
  • That freedom made her comfortable abandoning plans when projects stopped being satisfying or fun.
ANECDOTE

Late Discovery Of A Biological Father

  • At 68, Robin discovered via DNA testing that her biological father was Ashkenazi Jewish.
  • The finding affirmed lifelong intuitions and inspired the poetry book Double Helix.
ANECDOTE

From Hitchhiking To Writing

  • Robin hitchhiked Europe at 17, lived in a Hawaiian treehouse, and worked as a stage manager before committing to writing.
  • She moved between adventures until writing emerged as the persistent pull she couldn't ignore.
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