J. Allyn Rosser

J. Allyn Rosser
BornJill Allyn Rosser
1957 (age 66–67)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Occupationpoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationMiddlebury College, University of Pennsylvania
Notable awards
  • Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2010
  • Samuel French Morse Prize
  • Crab Orchard Award
  • The New Criterion Poetry Prize

Jill Allyn Rosser (born 1957 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), who published under J. Allyn Rosser, is a contemporary American poet.

Life

She grew up in Sparta Township, New Jersey.[1] She graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in French and English in 1980' from University of Pennsylvania with a M.A. in English Literature and Writing in 1988; and University of Pennsylvania with a Ph.D. in English Literature in 1991.

She lives in Athens, Ohio, teaching at Ohio University.[2][3] She is editor of New Ohio Review.

Her poems have appeared in several anthologies, and journals including The Atlantic Monthly,[4] Ninth Letter and Poetry.[5]

Her husband is the poet Mark Halliday.

Awards

Selected works

  • "Unthought", Slate, Nov. 30, 2004
  • "Coming Your Way", Poetry (February 1994)
  • Bright Moves (Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 1990) ISBN 1-55553-083-4
  • Misery Prefigured, Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8093-2383-8
  • Foiled Again, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2007, ISBN 978-1-56663-763-3
  • Mimi's Trapeze, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0822963158

Anthologies

References

  1. ^ J. Allyn Rosser, Poets & Writers. Accessed March 14, 2013. "Born in: Bethlehem, PA. Raised in: Sparta, NJ"
  2. ^ J. Allyn Rosser • Ohio University English Department
  3. ^ "J.Allyn Rosser"[usurped], Wired for Books Web site, accessed February 1, 2007
  4. ^ J. Allyn Rosser - Authors - The Atlantic
  5. ^ J. Allyn Rosser : The Poetry Foundation
  6. ^ "New Criterion Poetry Prize" David Yezzi's post at the Armavirumpque blog, posted 11 a.m., January 29, 2007, accessed February 1, 2007
  7. ^ OHIO: Compass | Rosser named Guggenheim Fellow. Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine