John B. Allen

John B. Allen has taught college writing and literature for over 25 years. He earned his MA in English Literature at Hollins University, where he was awarded the Melanie Hook Rice prize for best novel-in-progress. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. Recent publications include memoir in Ginosko Literary Journal (forthcoming), Eunoia Review, and Hippocampus Magazine; and fiction in Microfiction Monday Magazine. He’s finished a book-length memoir about fatherhood and love songs called Life Could Be A Dream, Sweetheart: A Playlist Memoir. His dad sang high tenor for the fifties vocal group, The Crew Cuts—singers of “Sh-Boom.” John is a proud father, voice actor, and occasional bartender.