J. Allyn Rosser

• Name — J. Allyn Rosser • Birth Name — Jill Allyn Rosser • Born — 1957 • Birthplace — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania • Occupation — poet • Language — English • Citizenship — American • Education — Middlebury College, University of Pennsylvania • Awards — *Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2010 • Samuel French Morse Prize • Crab Orchard Award • The New Criterion Poetry Prize

She grew up in Sparta Township, New Jersey. 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. She is editor of New Ohio Review. Her poems have appeared in several anthologies, and journals including The Atlantic Monthly, Ninth Letter and Poetry. Her husband is the poet Mark Halliday.

• "Unthought", Slate, Nov. 30, 2004 • "Coming Your Way", Poetry (February 1994) • Bright Moves (Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 1990) • Misery Prefigured, Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, • Foiled Again, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2007, • Mimi's Trapeze, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014,

• "Lover Release Agreement"; "Resurfaced", Poets of the new century, editor Roger Weingarten, Richard Higgerson, David R. Godine Publisher, 2003,