Jill Allyn Rosser (born 1957), who published under J. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Allyn Rosser, is a contemporary American poet. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose"
Rosser was born in Pennsylvania but largely grew up in Sparta, New Jersey. Sparta Township is a Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. She attended Middlebury College, and went on to earn her PhD in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She currently lives in Athens, Ohio, teaching at Ohio University. Athens is a historic College town in the southeastern part of the U Ohio University is a public university located in Athens Ohio that is situated on a 1800 acre (7 [1]
Her poems have appeared recently in several anthologies, and journals including The Atlantic Monthly, Ninth Letter and Poetry. The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American Magazine founded in Boston in 1857 Ninth Letter is a literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Poetry, published in Chicago Illinois since 1912 is one of the leading monthly Poetry journals in the English-speaking world 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. Origin The New Criterion was founded in 1982 by The New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer. 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]
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
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. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. m. , January 29, 2007, accessed February 1, 2007
External links
- Audio files of Rosser reading some of her poems at Wired for Books. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Wired for Books is an online educational project of the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University in Athens Ohio.
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