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.J. Allyn Rosser, Poets & Writers. Accessed March 14, 2013. "Born in: Bethlehem, PA. Raised in: Sparta, NJ" 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., Wired for Books Web site, accessed February 1, 2007 She is editor of New Ohio Review.
Her poems have appeared in several anthologies, and journals including The Atlantic Monthly,J. Allyn Rosser - Authors - The Atlantic Ninth Letter and Poetry.J. Allyn Rosser : The Poetry Foundation
Her husband is the poet Mark Halliday.
Awards Samuel French Morse Prize, for Bright Moves Crab Orchard Award, for Misery Prefigured 2007 The New Criterion Poetry Prize for Foiled Again David Yezzi's post at the Armavirumpque blog, posted 11 a.m., January 29, 2007, accessed February 1, 2007 2010 Guggenheim FellowshipOHIO: Compass Rosser named Guggenheim Fellow.
Selected works "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,
Anthologies "Lover Release Agreement"; "Resurfaced", Poets of the new century, editor Roger Weingarten, Richard Higgerson, David R. Godine Publisher, 2003,
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External links
"Poet's Choice", The Washington Post, Robert Pinsky, December 16, 2007