J. Allyn Rosser | |
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Born | Jill Allyn Rosser 1957 (age 66–67) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Occupation | poet |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | American |
Education | Middlebury College, University of Pennsylvania |
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Jill Allyn Rosser (born 1957 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), who published under J. Allyn Rosser, is a contemporary American poet.
She grew up in Sparta Township, New Jersey. [1] 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. [2] [3] She is editor of New Ohio Review.
Her poems have appeared in several anthologies, and journals including The Atlantic Monthly , [4] Ninth Letter and Poetry . [5]
Her husband is the poet Mark Halliday.
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