John Gallaher
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| John Jerome Gallaher | |
| Born | January 6, 1965 |
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John Gallaher (born January 6, 1965) is an American poet and assistant professor of English at Northwest Missouri State University. Born in Portland, Oregon, he has lived in Missouri, Kansas, California, Alabama, Long Island, Texas, Arkansas, and Ohio. Gallaher received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from Texas State University and his Ph.D from Ohio University, where he worked for a time as an assistant editor of The Ohio Review.[1]
Gallaher is the author of Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001) and co-editor of The Laurel Review supported by Northwest's English Department.[2] His poetry has been published in journals such as Boston Review, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Field, jubilat, The Journal, Ploughshares, and The Best American Poetry series 2008.[3] His second book of poetry, The Little Book of Guesses, was released in April, 2007.[4] Gallaher currently resides in northwestern rural Missouri, where he works at Northwest Missouri State University.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ John Gallaher at Spuyten Duyvil Books, 2001. Short bio.
- ^ The Laurel Review of Northwest English Department.
- ^ Ken Newton. "Poet's work embodies world's contradictions: Thoughts start out in pocket-sized notebook, evolve into verse.", St. Joseph News-Press, 2007-01-25. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Four Way Books, 2007.
- ^ Northwest Missouri State University, Meet the Faculty
