article_title name birth_date
john gallaher
 john jerome gallaher 6 january 1965
john gallaher

john gallaher -lrb- born january 6 , 1965 -rrb- 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 .
he is the author or co-author of five poetry collections , most recently , `` in a landscape '' -lrb- boa editions , 2014 -rrb- .
his honors include the 2005 levis poetry prize for his second book , `` the little book of guesses '' -lrb- four way books -rrb- .
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 . ''
born in portland , oregon , gallaher has lived in missouri , kansas , california , alabama , long island , texas , arkansas , and ohio .
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 '' .
he currently resides in maryville , missouri , where he teaches creative writing and composition courses at northwest missouri state university .
