Allison Funk is the author of four previous books of poems, including, most recently, The Tumbling Box. The recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the ...ver maisAllison Funk is the author of four previous books of poems, including, most recently, The Tumbling Box. The recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, and the Society of Midland Authors Poetry Prize, she is a Distinguished Professor of English at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.ver menos