Alison Stine

Alison Stine is a notable contemporary American poet. She was the Emerging Writer Lecturer at Gettysburg College, and she has taught at Fordham University, Grand Valley State University, Denison University, and currently teaches at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Beyond her academic and poetic accomplishment, she is a former child actor and her plays have been performed at the Cleveland Playhouse, the International Thespian Festival, and Off-Broadway for Stephen Sondheim’s Young Playwrights Inc. Urban Retreat.
Education
PhD Candidate, Ohio University
M.F.A, Poetry, University of Maryland
B.A., English, Denison University
Books
Wait. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011.

Ohio Violence. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2009.
Lot of my Sister. Kent: Kent State University Press, 2001.
Anthologies
“Waste.” (poem) Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House. Eds. Brenda Shaughnessy,
CJ Evans. Portland: Tin House Books, 2008.
“Ring of Fire” (essay) Literary Cash: Writings Inspired by the Legendary Johnny Cash. Ed. Bob
Batchelor. Dallas: Benbella Books, 2007.
“Stranger,” “Passage” (poems) Shooting the Rat. Eds. Mark Pawlak, Dick Lourie, Ron
Schreiber, Robert Hershon. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2003.
“Wind” (poem) Luna, Luna: Creative Writing Ideas from Spanish and Latino Literature. Ed.
Julio Marzan. New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1997.
Journal Publications (Poetry)
“Wife.” The Kenyon Review (2010).
“Stepmother.” The Kenyon Review (2010).
“Velata.” Shenandoah (2010).
“Canary.” Copper Nickel (2010).
“The Land.” Copper Nickel (2010).
“Child Bride.” Valparaiso Poetry Review (2009).

“Marriage.” Valparaiso Poetry Review (2009).
“After the Party.” Poetry (2008).
“School.” Poetry (2008).
“Ohio Violence.” Mid-American Review (2008).
“Not a Love Letter.” Mid-American Review (2008).
“Gossip.” Agni (2008).
“The Flood.” Prairie Schooner (2008).
“The Horse.” Prairie Schooner (2008).

“White Fence.” 32 Poems (2008).
“The Red Thread.” Passages North (2007).
“The Thief.” Passages North (2007).
“The Sugar House.” The Journal (2007).
“Asperger’s.” The Journal (2007).
“Dream Anatomy.” New England Review (2006).
“The Rescue.” New England Review (2006).
“Waste.” Tin House (2006).
“Everything is an Instrument.” Blackbird (2006).
“Tiresias.” Blackbird (2006).

“Blame.” Phoebe (2006).
“The Land.” PN Review (2006).
“Your Gift Arrives Shattered.” Meridian (2006).
“Catalogue.” Swink (2005).
“In the Limbo of Lost Toys.” Swink (2005).
“White Shirt Poem.” Swink (2005).
“Perfect.” The Antioch Review (2004).
“Morphology.” Mid-American Review (2004).
“The Curfew.” Gulf Coast (2004).
“Impetus.” Phoebe (2004).
“White Asparagus” Phoebe (2004).
“Shut-In.” Fugue (2004).
“What Is Missing.” Poetry (2003).
“Homer, Ohio.” Hayden’s Ferry Review (2003).
“Moon Lake Electric.” Mid-American Review (2003).
“Fall Burning.” The Paris Review (2002).
“When I Taught Mary to Eat Avocado.” The Kenyon Review (2002).

“The Otto Bar.” The Kenyon Review (2002).
“Grace.” Black Warrior Review (2002).
“Rembrandt’s Mistress.” The Beloit Poetry Journal (2002).
“When the Hand is a Knife.” The Journal (2002).
“Porches.” Crab Orchard Review (2000).
“Fields Beyond Fields.” Pleiades (2000).
“Lot of My Sister.” The Kenyon Review (1999).
“Blood Music.” The Kenyon Review (1999).
“The Wig.” The Kenyon Review (1999).
Journal Publications (nonfiction)
“Girl on the Back of the Bike.” Georgetown Review (2008).
“The Earrings.” Ecotone (2007).

“Don’t Keep Walking.” Sycamore Review (2007).
“How was your Day?” Sycamore Review (2007).
“Understudies.” Santa Clara Review (2007).

“Instructions for Living: San Francisco.” Words on Walls (2007).
“One Hundred Consecutive Times.” Words on Walls (2007).
“One For Sorrow.” Words on Walls (2007).
“Elsewhere.” Words on Walls (2007).
“What I Need.” Pebble Lake Review (2007).
“Because You Ask.” Pebble Lake Review (2007).
Awards
Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University.
2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.

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