Originally from central Pennsylvania, Allison Adair now lives in Boston,
where she teaches at Boston College and GrubStreet. Her poems have appeared in American
Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Best
New Poets, Kenyon Review Online, North American Review, Threepenny Review, and ZYZZYVA,
among other journals. Allison is the recipient of the Pushcart Prize, the Florida
Review Editors' Award, the Orlando Prize, and first place in Mid-American
Review's Fineline Competition. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.