J. Allyn Rosser

On Monday, April 2, poet, J. Allyn Rosser will make a trip to the Georgia Southern campus. She will be in room 2209 of the Newton Building at 4 p.m. to talk and answer questions. At 7 p.m., she will give a public reading of her poetry in the College of Education auditorium.

Rosser's first book of poetry, "Bright Moves," was published in 1990 and won the Morse Poetry Prize. Her second book, "Misery Prefigured," was published in 2001 and won the Crab Orchard Award. Her third book, "Foiled Again," is set to be published this fall as the winner of The New Criterion Magazine Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared recently in several anthologies, and journals including the Ninth Letter.

Rosser now lives in Athens, Ohio and is currently teaching at Ohio University. Her presentation will be free to the public and is sponsored by the department of Writing and Linguistics and the Georgia Poetry Circuit.

I am not really that big on poetry, but for students who are aspiring poets or just like to write poetry in their spare time, I think this would be a great opportunity. I mean, how often do you get to sit down and talk one-on-one with an award winning poet. I think it is great that she is taking the time to talk with students and answer their questions and help them along with their goals. Who knows....you could be an award winning poet someday!