William Allegrezza

William (Bill) Allegrezza (born 1974 in Jackson, Mississippi) is a poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He edits Moria Books and teaches at Indiana University Northwest. He has published eighteen poetry books; eleven chapbooks, including Sonoluminescence (co-written with Simone Muench) and Filament Sense (Ypolita Press); and many poetry reviews, articles, and poems. His poetry has been translated into Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. He founded and curated series A, a reading series in Chicago, from 2006 to 2010. He also co-founded Cracked Slab Books and edited it for five years. He edits the blogzine Moss Trill. He earned his PhD in Comparative Literature at Louisiana State University.

William Allegrezza
William Allegrezza, by Sara Lang
Born	1974 Jackson, MS
Citizenship	USA, Italy
Education	University of Dallas (1996), LSU (1998), LSU (2003)
Occupation(s)	poet, editor, professor
Employer	Indiana University Northwest
Notable work	Step Below: Selected Poems 2000-2015, The Vicious Bunny Translations Fragile Replacements"
Style	Experimental

Allegrezza started the e-zine Moria, a poetry journal, in 1998. It was one of the early online poetry magazines, and in time, it morphed into Moria Books and Locofo Chaps. Allegrezza moved to Chicago and taught at Columbia College Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Morton College before joining Indiana University Northwest in Gary. In 2006, he started Series A, a reading series that ran for five years and featured many notable writers like Peter Gizzi, Matt Briggs, Cris Mazza, Gina Frangello, and more. He edits the blogzine Moss Trill. He lives in Munster, Indiana.