Allison Joseph
“… poems that are both smart and sensitive, Joseph sings of America’s promises, those broken, those kept, and those just recently made. These are the poems of America’s heartland and America’s heart.” ~Gerry LaFemina, author of Notes for the Novice Ventriloquist.
Allison Joseph received a BA from Kenyon College and an MFA from Indiana University–Bloomington. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press, 2018); Worldly Pleasures (Word Press, 2004); and What Keeps Us Here (Ampersand, 1992), winner of the John C. Zacharis First Book Award. She also serves as the editor-in-chief and poetry editor of Crab Orchard Review.
