Allison Joseph lives in Carbondale, Illinois, where she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University. She serves as editor and poetry editor of Crab Orchard Review. Her most recent full-length collection, Confessions of a Barefaced Woman, was published by Red Hen Press in 2018. She is the literary partner and wife of poet and editor Jon Tribble.

Other poems by Allison Joseph in Verse Daily:
September 22, 2018:   "The Liars" "How I admire their skills..."
March 30, 2018:   "Show Off" "Come flaunt your imperfections..."
October 14, 2016:   "Multitudes" "I'm a big city girl and a small town woman..."
December 4, 2015:   "Sidewalks" "Why should I be the one who walks afraid..."

Books by Allison Joseph:

Other poems on the web by Allison Joseph:
"Little Epiphanies"
Five poems
Two poems
Four poems
Twenty poems
Two poems
"On Being Told I Don't Speak Like a Black Person"
"Running While Black"
Five poems

Allison Joseph on Twitter.