Alison Townsend

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Alison Townsend (born Pennsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American poet.

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Life

She grew up in New York. She is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Her work has appeared in Calyx, [1] Clackamas Literary Review, [2] Fourth Genre, New Letters, The North American Review, and The Southern Review.

She is married and lives outside Madison, Wisconsin. [3] [4]

Awards

Works

Poetry

Anthologies

Essays

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References

  1. "Calyx". 2003.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Alison Townsend: Response & Bio".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Alison Townsend earns Pushcart Prize for poem 'The Favorite' - University Marketing and Media Relations - UW-Whitewater". www.uww.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06.