Alison Townsend
Introduction '''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'', ''Clackamas Literary Review'', ''Fourth Genre'', ''New Letters'', ''The North American Review'', and ''The Southern Review''.She is married and lives outside Madison, Wisconsin.
Awards * 2009 Pushcart Prize* 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===* * * * (Flume Press chapbook prize winner, 2007).===Anthologies===* * * ===Essays===* *  "Faculty Essay: The World Outside My Window - balancing teaching and the creative life", ''ENVISION Magazine'', Winter 2007
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