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ⓘ About Alison Stine
Alison Stine is a published author who has written both novels and poetry. She is known for her novel Supervision, The Protectors, Trashlands (long listed for the 2022 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award), Road Out of Winter (winner of Philip K. Dick Award), and Dust. Alison has also written a novella in addition to her novels and poetry. She has also composed plays and original musicals that have been put on at different regional and community theaters as well as Off-Broadway. She has received a Literature Fellowship from the NEA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Ohio Arts Council grant. She also served as a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, a Ruth Lilly Fellow, and received a Studs Terkel Award for media and journalism.
All Book Series by Alison Stine
Partial Eclipse
Series opener · book 1 of 28 · published 1994 Anthology · Tony Sanders
A Protocol for Touch
Book 7 of 28 · published 1999 Anthology · Constance Merritt
The Self as Constellation
Book 9 of 28 · published 2002 Anthology · Jeanine Hathaway
Losing and Finding
Book 11 of 28 · published 2004 Anthology · Lynne McMahon,Karen Fiser
The Next Settlement: Poems
Book 14 of 28 · published 2007 Anthology · Michael Robins
Circles Where the Head Should Be
Book 18 of 28 · published 2011 Anthology · Caki Wilkinson
Death of a Ventriloquist
Book 19 of 28 · published 2011 Anthology · Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
In the Permanent Collection
Book 21 of 28 · published 2014 Anthology · Stefanie Wortman
Instructions for Seeing a Ghost
Book 27 of 28 · published 2020 Anthology · Steve Bellin-Oka
Every Lash
Latest in the series · book 28 of 28 · published 2021 Anthology · Leigh Anne Couch
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Alison Stine?
Alison Stine is a published author who has written both novels and poetry. She is known for her novel Supervision, The Protectors, Trashlands (long listed for the 2022 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award), Road Out of Winter (winner of Philip K. Dick Award), and Dust. Alison has also written a novella in addition to her novels and poetry.
Which Alison Stine series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry series, the earliest of Alison Stine's multi-book series: it opens with Partial Eclipse (1994) and runs to 28 books across 1994–2021, ending with Every Lash (2021).
How many books has Alison Stine written?
Alison Stine has 36 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2024. 28 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry series with 28 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Alison Stine's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Alison Stine's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry (1994–2021, 28 books).
How are Alison Stine's books organised into series?
This guide splits Alison Stine's 36 books into 1 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry (28 books, 1994–2021).