Alison Townsend Explained

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

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

• 2009 Pushcart Prize^[5]
• 2008 Crab Orchard Award
• 2004 Diner poetry contest

Works

• "Jane Morris Poses For Rossetti’s Proserpine"; "Demeter Faces Facts", Mudlark Poster No. 79, 2009
• "Spin", Rattle, July 2008

Poetry

• Book: Persephone in America . Southern Illinois University Press . 2009 . 978-0-809328-96-3 .
• Book: The Blue Dress: Poems . White Pine. 2003. 978-1-893996-61-8 .
• Book: What The Body Knows . Parallel Press. 2002. 978-1-893311-25-1 .
• Book: And Still The Music . 2007. Flume Press. 978-1-886226-12-8 . (Flume Press chapbook prize winner, 2007).

Anthologies

• Book: Boomer girls: poems by women from the baby boom generation. registration. Pamela Gemin . Paula Sergi. University of Iowa Press. 1999. 978-0-87745-687-2 .
• Book: Are You Experienced?: Baby Boom Poets at Midlife. Pamela Gemin. University of Iowa Press. 2003. 978-0-87745-850-0.
• Book: The best American poetry, 2006. Billy Collins . David Lehman. Scribner Poetry. 2006. 978-0-7432-5759-6.

Essays

• Book: The Persistence of Rivers: An Essay on Moving Water . Burrow Press . 2017 . 978-1-941681-83-1 .
• "Faculty Essay: The World Outside My Window - balancing teaching and the creative life", ENVISION Magazine, Winter 2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calyx. 2003.
2. Web site: CLR - Issues - 2004 . 2009-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105032751/http://www.clackamasliteraryreview.org/issues.php?issueID=21 . 2009-01-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Alison Townsend: Response & Bio .
4. Web site: Flume Press: CSU, Chico . 2009-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090907205838/http://www.csuchico.edu/engl/flumepress/chapbook_22.html . 2009-09-07 . dead .
5. Web site: Alison Townsend earns Pushcart Prize for poem 'The Favorite' - University Marketing and Media Relations - UW-Whitewater . www.uww.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100606014700/http://www.uww.edu/marketingandmedia/news_releases/2009_05_townsend_pushcart.php . 2010-06-06.