Jeffery Renard Allen

Jeffery Renard Allen (born 1962) is an American poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist. He is the author of two collections of poetry, ''Harbors and Spirits'' (Moyer Bell, 1999) and ''Stellar Places'' (Moyer Bell, 2007), and four works of fiction, the novel ''Rails Under My Back'' (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000), the story collection ''Holding Pattern'' (Graywolf Press, 2008) a second novel, ''Song of the Shank'' (Graywolf Press, 2014), and his most recent book, the short story collection “Fat Time and Other Stories” (Graywolf Press, 2023). He is also the co-author with Leon Ford of “An Unspeakble Hope: Brutality, Forgiveness, and Building A Better Future for My Son” (Atria, 2023). Provided by Wikipedia