J. Allyn Rosser

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, 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. She is married to poet Mark Halliday.

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

Awards

• Samuel French Morse Prize, for Bright Moves
• Crab Orchard Award, for Misery Prefigured
• 2007 The New Criterion Poetry Prize for Foiled Again [6]
• 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship[7]

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

• "Lover Release Agreement"; "Resurfaced", Poets of the new century, editor Roger Weingarten, Richard Higgerson, David R. Godine Publisher, 2003, ISBN 978-1-56792-178-6

Notes

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", 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

External links

• "J. Allyn Rosser Reads Her Poetry"
• "Poet's Choice", The Washington Post, Robert Pinsky, December 16, 2007