J. Allyn Rosser
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Jill Allyn Rosser (born 1957), who published under J. Allyn Rosser, is a contemporary American poet.
Rosser was born in Pennsylvania but largely grew up in Sparta, New Jersey. She attended Middlebury College, and went on to earn her PhD in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently lives in Athens, Ohio, teaching at Ohio University.[1]
Her poems have appeared recently in several anthologies, and journals including The Atlantic Monthly, Ninth Letter and Poetry. She has published two books: Bright Moves (1990; winner of the Morse Poetry Prize), and Misery Prefigured (2001; winner of the Crab Orchard Award).[1]
In 2007 she won The New Criterion Poetry Prize for a new book of poems. The prize carries a $3,000 award, and her book, Foiled Again will be published in the Fall of 2007 by Ivan R. Dee in Chicago.[2]
[edit] Works
- Bright Moves (Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 1990) ISBN 1-55553-083-4
- Misery Prefigured (Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001) ISBN 0-8093-2383-4
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b [1]Web page titled "J.Allyn Rosser" at Wired for Books Web site, accessed February 1, 2007
- ^ [2]David Yezzi's post at the Armavirumpque blog, "the New Criterion Poetry Prize", posted 11 a.m., January 29, 2007, accessed February 1, 2007
