Allison Parrish

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Allison Parrish
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Known forPoetry, software engineering, creative coding, game design, electronic literature
Notable workEveryword, Rewordable, Articulations

Allison Parrish is an American poet, [1] software engineer, creative coder, and game designer, notable as one of the most prominent early makers of creative, literary Twitter bots. [2] She was named "Best Maker of Poetry Bots" by The Village Voice in 2016. [3] Parrish has produced a textbook introduction to creative coding in Python, more specifically Processing.py. [4] Parrish holds a BA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley, and a Master of Professional Studies from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), NYU. She has been a Writer-in-Residence in the English Department of Fordham University, 2014–16, and an Assistant Arts Professor at the ITP since 2016. [5]

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