Alissa M. Barr
Poet | Essayist | Registered Nurse | Educator
Alissa M. Barr holds an MFA from Vanderbilt University, where she was awarded the Kathryn Sedberry Prize. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Radford University, where she began her career as a critical care nurse.
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Barr's poetry has appeared in Poet Lore, Muzzle Magazine, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe scholarship and a Sewanee Writers' Conference Tennessee Williams scholarship.​
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From 2023-2024 she served as poetry editor of Nashville Review. She currently serves as a reader for The Adroit Journal.
Originally from Alleghany County, Virginia, in the south-central Appalachian region, she currently resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with her partner, Andrew.
