John Gallaher
{{short description|American writer}}
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| occupation = Poet, professor, and editor
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| education = Texas State University (BA)(MFA)
Ohio University (PhD)
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John Gallaher (born January 6, 1965) is an American poet and assistant professor of English at Northwest Missouri State University, and co-editor of The Laurel Review, supported by Northwest's English Department.[http://www.nwmissouri.edu/dept/english/aboutus.htm The Laurel Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024185822/http://www.nwmissouri.edu/Dept/english/aboutus.htm |date=2007-10-24 }} of Northwest English Department.[http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/tlr/staff.html The Laurel Review > Staff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720015955/http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/tlr/staff.html |date=2011-07-20 }}
Life
John Gallaher was born in Portland, Oregon in 1965, but he was adopted by a family living in Houston, Texas in 1968. He received his MFA from Texas State University and his Ph.D from Ohio University, where he worked for a time as an assistant editor of The Ohio Review.[http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/authors/JohnGallaher.htm John Gallaher] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727001958/http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/authors/JohnGallaher.htm |date=2008-07-27 }} at Spuyten Duyvil Books, 2001. Short bio. He currently resides in Maryville, Missouri, where he teaches creative writing and composition courses at Northwest Missouri State University.Northwest Missouri State University, [http://www.nwmissouri.edu/dept/english/faculty.htm Meet the Faculty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018030733/http://www.nwmissouri.edu/Dept/english/faculty.htm |date=2007-10-18 }}
Work
Gallaher is the author or co-author of eight poetry collections, most recently My Life in Brutalist Architecture, which was inspired by his adoption story, the death of his adopted mother, and the reunification with his birth mother through DNA testing.{{cite web | url=https://newohioreview.org/2024/07/16/review-my-life-in-brutalist-architecture-by-john-gallaher/ | title=Review: My Life in Brutalist Architecture by John Gallaher | date=16 July 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/2024/03/a-conversation-with-john-gallaher/ | title=A Conversation with John Gallaher - Center for Literary Publishing | Colorado State University | date=28 March 2024 }} His honors include the 2005 Levis Poetry Prize for his second book, The Little Book of Guesses (Four Way Books).[http://www.fourwaybooks.com/books/gallaher/gallaher_about.php Four Way Books > Author Page > John Gallaher] 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 The Best American Poetry 2008.{{cite news |title=Poet's work embodies world's contradictions: Thoughts start out in pocket-sized notebook, evolve into verse. |author=Ken Newton |publisher=St. Joseph News-Press |date=2007-01-25 }}
In addition to poetry, John Gallaher has been interviewed for his collage art.{{cite web | url=https://themuseumofamericana.net/current-issue/five-collages-by-john-gallahar/ | title=Five Collages by John Gallaher | date=21 February 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nwmissourinews.com/features/article_77d01f9a-3e8a-11e8-9346-f7c5e6aeee7c.html | title=John Gallaher: Northwest professor collects memories | date=12 April 2018 }}
Bibliography
- Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001)
- The Little Book of Guesses (Four Way Books, 2007)[http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=john+gallaher&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick Library of Congress Online Catalog > John Gallaher]
- Map of the Folded World (University of Akron Press, 2009)[http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=john+gallaher&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick Library of Congress Online Catalog > John Gallaher]
- Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (With G.C. Waldrep)(BOA Editions, 2011)[https://www.boaeditions.org/bookstore/your-father-on-the-train-of-ghosts.html BOA Editions Your Father on the Train of Ghosts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219004744/https://www.boaeditions.org/bookstore/your-father-on-the-train-of-ghosts.html |date=2013-12-19 }}
- In a Landscape (BOA Editions, 2014)[https://www.boaeditions.org/bookstore/in-a-landscape.html BOA Editions In a Landscape] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708145035/https://www.boaeditions.org/bookstore/in-a-landscape.html |date=2014-07-08 }}
- Ghost/Landscape (with Kristina Marie Darling) (BlazeVOX, 2016){{cite web | url=https://www.blazevox.org/shop-1/p/ghost-/-landscape-by-kristina-marie-darling-john-gallaher | title=Ghost / Landscape by Kristina Marie Darling & John Gallaher }}
- Brand New Spacesuit (BOA Editions, 2020){{cite web | url=https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/john-gallaher/products/brand-new-spacesuit | title=Brand New Spacesuit }}
- My Life in Brutalist Architecture (Four Way Books, 2024){{cite web | url=https://fourwaybooks.com/site/my-life-in-brutalist-architecture/ | title=My Life in Brutalist Architecture – Four Way Books }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-gallaher John Gallaher at The Poetry Foundation]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612225738/http://bostonreview.net/BR34.6/gallaher.php Poems: Boston Review > November/December 2009 > John Gallaher]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071110140324/http://www.fourwaybooks.com/books/gallaher/index.php Poem: Four Way Books Author Page > On Your Brilliant Escape by John Gallaher]
- [http://www.berfrois.com/2010/11/some-other-city Poem: Berfrois > Some Other City We Could Travel To by John Gallaher]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090426001038/http://www3.uakron.edu/uapress/gallaher.html Author Page: University of Akron Press > John Gallaher]
- [http://www.pw.org/content/john_gallaher Author Listing: Poets & Writers > Directory of Writers > John Gallaher]
- [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/402300-Fiction_Reviews_8_17_2009.php Review: Publishers Weekly > Fiction Reviews: 8/17/2009 > Review of Map of the Folded World by John Gallaher]{{dead link|date=June 2020}}
- [https://www.nwmissouri.edu/llw/directory/jgallaher.htm John Gallaher faculty page]
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Category:Writers from Portland, Oregon
Category:Ohio University alumni
Category:Texas State University alumni
Category:Northwest Missouri State University faculty
Category:American academics of English literature
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century American poets