John Gallaher (born January 6, 1965) is an American

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and assistant professor of English at

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, and co-editor of ''The Laurel Review,'' supported by Northwest's English Department. He is the author or co-author of five poetry collections, most recently ''In a Landscape'' (

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, 2014). His honors include the 2005 Levis Poetry Prize for his second book, ''The Little Book of Guesses'' (

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). His poetry has been published in literary journals and magazines including ''Boston Review, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Field, The Literati Quarterly, jubilat, The Journal, Ploughshares'', and in anthologies including ''

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2008.'' Born in

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, Gallaher has lived in Missouri, Kansas, California, Alabama, Long Island, Texas, Arkansas, and Ohio. He received his MFA from

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and his

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from

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, where he worked for a time as an assistant editor of ''The Ohio Review''. He currently resides in Maryville, Missouri, where he teaches creative writing and composition courses at

Published works

* ''In a Landscape'' (BOA Editions, 2014) * ''Your Father on the Train of Ghosts'' (With G.C. Waldrep)(BOA Editions, 2011) * ''Map of the Folded World'' (University of Akron Press, 2009) * ''The Little Book of Guesses'' (

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/ref> * ''Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls'' (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001)

References

External links

John Gallaher at The Poetry Foundation

Poems: ''Boston Review'' > November/December 2009 > John Gallaher

Poem: Four Way Books Author Page > ''On Your Brilliant Escape'' by John Gallaher

Poem: ''Berfrois'' > ''Some Other City We Could Travel To'' by John Gallaher

Author Listing: ''Poets & Writers'' > Directory of Writers > John Gallaher

Review: ''Publishers Weekly'' > Fiction Reviews: 8/17/2009 > Review of ''Map of the Folded World'' by John Gallaher
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