Artist Information Biography Professor of English, teaching poetry writing and writing song lyrics.  Twice recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission's Individual Artist Fellowship in Poetry and his essay on taste in poetry is included in 2008nPushcart Prizes:  Best of the Small Presses XXXII.  He has  opened recently for singer-songwriters Bill Morrissey and Steve Young.  He has given readings and performed in a number of venues, from open mics to university writers’ series, including, recently, Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta, Iota Club and Café in Washington, DC, and in August of 2005, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.  In the fall of 2008, completed a month-long tour of Ireland (9 gigs in 7 cities) to launch his new book and new CD. Instrumentation Solo.  Acoustic guitar: 1964 Gibson J-50, Regal RD40 Resonator, and Larivee Parlor. Discography Books: Ground Forces (Salmon Poetry, Ireland, 2008)--www.salmonpoetry.com .  American Crawl (University of North Texas Press, 1997) .  His Longing: The Small Penis Oratorio (FootHills Publishing, 2005) . CD: .  Waiting for the Last Bus .  The Man with the Hardest Belly: Poems and Songs (on Napster) Links http://www.cofc.edu/~english/people/allen.html Web Page