Joel Brouwer
Encyclopedia
Joel Brouwer is an American
poet, professor and critic. His most recent poetry collection is And So (Four Way Books
).
He is also the author of Exactly What Happened, which received the Larry Levis Prize from Virginia Commonwealth University, and Centuries, a National Book Critics Circle "Notable Book."
In addition to writing poetry, Brouwer also writes essays, and regularly reviews books for The New York Times Book Review, Boston Review, Harvard Review, The Progressive, and other venues. His essays have been published in literary journals including AGNI, Boston Review, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, and his poems in AGNI, The Cortland Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crazyhorse, Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Iowa Review, The Journal, Massachusetts Review, Paris Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Poetry, The Prose Poem, and Tin House.
Brouwer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
, in 1968, and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College
and Syracuse University
, and is a professor of English at the University of Alabama
, and lives in Tuscaloosa.
Chapbooks
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poet, professor and critic. His most recent poetry collection is And So (Four Way Books
Four Way Books
Four Way Books is an American not-for-profit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well as collections accepted through general...
).
He is also the author of Exactly What Happened, which received the Larry Levis Prize from Virginia Commonwealth University, and Centuries, a National Book Critics Circle "Notable Book."
In addition to writing poetry, Brouwer also writes essays, and regularly reviews books for The New York Times Book Review, Boston Review, Harvard Review, The Progressive, and other venues. His essays have been published in literary journals including AGNI, Boston Review, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, and his poems in AGNI, The Cortland Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crazyhorse, Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Iowa Review, The Journal, Massachusetts Review, Paris Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Poetry, The Prose Poem, and Tin House.
Brouwer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
, in 1968, and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
and Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
, and is a professor of English at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
, and lives in Tuscaloosa.
Awards
- Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship
- National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship - 2001 Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation FellowshipWhiting Writers' AwardThe Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
- 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship
Published works
- And So (New York: Four Way BooksFour Way BooksFour Way Books is an American not-for-profit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well as collections accepted through general...
, 2009) - Centuries (New York: Four Way BooksFour Way BooksFour Way Books is an American not-for-profit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well as collections accepted through general...
, 2003) - Exactly What Happened (West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University PressPurdue University PressPurdue University Press, founded in 1960, is a university press that is part of Purdue University. Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press provides quality resources in several key subject areas including business, technology, health,...
, 1999)
Chapbooks
- Flag Factory (New York: Artichoke Yink Press, 2008)
- Snow (New York: Salamandra Editions, 2008)
- Lt. Shrapnel (New York: Artichoke Yink Press, 2002)
- Think of It This Way (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Fame or Shame Press, 2000)
- This Just In (Los Angeles: Beyond Baroque Books, 1998)
External links
- The Poetry Foundation > Joel Brouwer
- AUDIO: The Cortland Review > Issue 18, November 2001 > Aesthetics by Joel Brouwer
- Four Way Books > Author Page > Joel Brouwer
- POEMS: http://www.thebluemoon.com/poetry/jbrouwer.shtml The Blue Moon Review > Two Poems by Joel Brouwer
- REVIEW BY BROUWER: The Washington Post > Arts & Living > Books > WHITE HEAT: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson By Brenda Wineapple > Reviewed by Joel Brouwer > August 3, 2008
- REVIEW OF BROUWER: WebdelSol > from Double Room Issue #3, Fall/Winter 2003 > Review by Robert Strong of Centuries by Joel Brouwer