# Alison Stine

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**Alison Stine** is an American poet and author whose first novel *Road Out of Winter* won the 2021 [Philip K. Dick Award](/source/Philip_K._Dick_Award).[1] Her poetry and nonfiction has been published in a number of newspapers and magazines including *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times), [The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post), [The Paris Review](/source/Paris_Review)*, and *[Tin House](/source/Tin_House)*.

## Life

Stine was born in rural Indiana and raised in [Mansfield, Ohio](/source/Mansfield,_Ohio),[2] but spent most of her adult life in [Appalachia](/source/Appalachia) in southern Ohio,[2] a setting which she says heavily influences her writings and her life.[3][4] Stine has been partially deaf since birth.[5] She now lives in [Colorado](/source/Colorado).

Stine worked as an academic for a number of years, previously serving as the Emerging Writer Lecturer at [Gettysburg College](/source/Gettysburg_College),[6] and has taught at [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University), [Grand Valley State University](/source/Grand_Valley_State_University), [Denison University](/source/Denison_University), and [Ohio University](/source/Ohio_University). She is also a former child actor and her plays have been performed at the Cleveland Playhouse,[7] [the International Thespian Festival](/source/International_Thespian_Festival), and Off-Broadway for [Stephen Sondheim](/source/Stephen_Sondheim)'s Young Playwrights Inc. Urban Retreat.[8]

## Education

- [Denison University](/source/Denison_University) (B.A.)
- [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland) (M.F.A.), in poetry
- [Ohio University](/source/Ohio_University) (PhD)

## Writings

Stine regularly writes *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times), [The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post), [The Atlantic](/source/The_Atlantic), [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, and other publications. Her poetry has been published in a number of literary journals including *[AGNI Online](/source/AGNI_(magazine)), [Poetry](/source/Poetry_(magazine)), and [Prairie Schooner](/source/Prairie_Schooner)*, while her nonfiction has appeared in *[Phoebe](/source/Phoebe_(George_Mason_University_journal))*, *Santa Clara Review*, *[Sycamore Review](/source/Sycamore_Review)*, and *[Virginia Quarterly Review](/source/Virginia_Quarterly_Review)*. Her short fiction has been published in journals and magazines including *[The Antioch Review](/source/The_Antioch_Review)*, [*The Paris Review*](/source/Paris_Review), *[SmokeLong Quarterly](/source/SmokeLong_Quarterly)*, *Swink*, and *[Tin House](/source/Tin_House)*.

Her essay "On Poverty", a commentary on [classism](/source/Classism) in the writing world published in 2016 in *[The Kenyon Review](/source/The_Kenyon_Review)*, went viral.[4]

Her first novel, *[Road Out of Winter](/source/Road_Out_of_Winter),* focuses on working-class women in rural Ohio dealing with climate change in a post-apocalyptic landscape[9] in what *[Library Journal](/source/Library_Journal)* says "blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir."[10] The novel won the 2020 [Philip K. Dick Award](/source/Philip_K._Dick_Award).

## Awards

### Literary awards

- 2010 [Brittingham Prize in Poetry](/source/Brittingham_Prize_in_Poetry) for *Wait*[11]
- 2021 [Philip K. Dick Award](/source/Philip_K._Dick_Award) for *Road Out of Winter*

### Honors

- 2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship from he [Poetry Foundation](/source/Poetry_Foundation).[12]
- Individual Artist Fellowship from the [National Endowment for the Arts](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts) (NEA)[citation needed][when?]
- [Stegner Fellowship](/source/Stegner_Fellowship) from Stanford University.[13][when?]

## Bibliography

### Novels and fiction

- Stine, Alison (2015). *Supervision*. mass market paperback ed. [HarperVoyager](/source/HarperVoyager). pp. 1–252. ISBN 9780008120702.
- Stine, Alison (2016). *The Protectors*. kindle ed. pp. 1–85. ASIN B01N658N3Y.
- Stine, Alison (2020). *[Road Out of Winter](/source/Road_Out_of_Winter)*. paperback ed. [MIRA](/source/MIRA_(publisher)) / [HarperCollins](/source/HarperCollins). pp. 1–315. ISBN 9780778309925.
- Stine, Alison (2021). *Trashlands*. hardcover ed. [MIRA](/source/MIRA_(publisher)) / [HarperCollins](/source/HarperCollins). pp. 1–384. ISBN 9780778311270.

### Collections of poetry

- Stine, Alison (2001). *Lot of My Sister*. chapbook ed. [Kent](/source/Kent,_Ohio): [Kent State University Press](/source/Kent_State_University_Press). pp. 1–25. ISBN 9780873387057.
- Stine, Alison (2009). *Ohio Violence*. paperback ed. [Denton](/source/Denton,_Texas): [University of North Texas Press](/source/University_of_North_Texas_Press). pp. 1–80. ISBN 9781574412581.
- Stine, Alison (2011). *Wait*. paperback ed. [Madison](/source/Madison,_Wisconsin): [University of Wisconsin Press](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_Press). pp. 1–88. ISBN 9780299283148.

### Anthologized works

- "Waste" (poem). *Satellite Convulsions: Poems* from [Tin House](/source/Tin_House). Eds. Brenda Shaughnessy, CJ Evans. Portland: Tin House Books, 2008.
- "Ring of Fire" (essay). *Literary Cash: Writings Inspired by the Legendary Johnny Cash*. Ed. Bob Batchelor. Dallas: Benbella Books, 2007.
- "Stranger", "Passage" (poems). *Shooting the Rat*. Eds. Mark Pawlak, [Dick Lourie](/source/Dick_Lourie), Ron Schreiber, [Robert Hershon](/source/Robert_Hershon). New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2003.
- "Wind" (poem ). *Luna, Luna: Creative Writing Ideas from Spanish and Latino Literature*. Ed. Julio Marzan. New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1997.

## References

1. ["2021 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced"](https://www.philipkdickaward.org/2021/04/2021-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced.html/). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

1. "[The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alison Stine](https://therumpus.net/2020/09/the-rumpus-book-club-chat-with-alison-stine/)," The Rumpus, September 23, 2020

1. "[Smoke & Mirrors with Alison Stine](https://www.smokelong.com/smoke-mirrors-with-alison-stine/)" by Sara Lippmann, Smokelong Quarterly, March 23, 2020.

1. "[Positively Un-Precious: The Writing Practice of Alison Stine](https://spinemagazine.co/articles/alison-stine)" by Mary Ryan Karnes, Spine Magazine, accessed April 4, 2021.

1. "[I Am Partially Deaf and I Write to Be Heard](https://catapult.co/stories/i-am-partially-deaf-and-i-write-to-be-heard-disability-writing-alison-stine)" by Alison Stine, Catapult, Sept. 10, 2020.

1. [The Faculty Notebook](https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=facnotebook), Vol. IX, Number 2, December 2004.

1. "Audition: On Alison Stine" by David Baker, The Kenyon Review, Vol. 21, No. 3/4 (Summer - Autumn, 1999)

1. ["Home"](https://www.youngplaywrights.org/). *youngplaywrights.org*

1. "[8 books you should read instead of 'Hillbilly Elegy'](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-11-19/8-books-you-should-read-instead-of-hillbilly-elegy)" by Lorraine Berry, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 19, 2020.

1. "[Review of Road Out of Winter](https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=road-out-of-winter)" by William Grabowski, Library Journal, July 01, 2020.

1. ["The Wisconsin Poetry Series"](https://creativewriting.wisc.edu/bookprizes/). *Creative Writing*. Retrieved 2024-11-30.

1. "[2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship Winners Announced: $75,000 in prizes awarded to five young poets](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/71589/2008-ruth-lilly-fellowship-winners-announced)," Poetry Foundation, September 2, 2008.

1. "[2005 Wallace Stegner Fellows named](https://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june8/stegner-060805.html)" Standford Report, June 8, 2005.

## External links

- [Author's Website](http://www.alisonstine.com)

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