Joel Brouwer | |
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Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Syracuse University Sarah Lawrence College |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Literary |
Institutions | University of Alabama |
Joel Brouwer (born 1968) is an American poet, professor and critic. His most recent poetry collection is Off Message released in 2016[1]
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,[2] Boston Review, Harvard Review, The Progressive, and other venues. His essays have been published in literary journals including AGNI,[3] 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,[4] Poetry, The Prose Poem, and Tin House.[5]
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, Alabama. [5][6]
Awards
[edit]- Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship
- 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 2001 Whiting Award[6]
- 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship
Published works
[edit]- Off Message (New York: Four Way Books, 2016)
- And So (New York: Four Way Books, 2009)
- Centuries (New York: Four Way Books, 2003)
- Exactly What Happened (West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 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: Fameorshame Press, 2000)
- This Just In (Los Angeles: Beyond Baroque Books, 1998)
References
[edit]- ^ Foundation, Poetry (2022-07-14). "Joel Brouwer". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Brouwer, Reviews by Joel (April 24, 2009). "Poetry Chronicle". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "AGNI Online > Authors & Articles > Joel Brouwer". Archived from the original on 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Read by Author | Ploughshares".
- ^ a b "University of Alabama > English Department Faculty > Joel Brouwer Bio". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b "Four Way Books > Author Page > Joel Brouwer".
External links
[edit]- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
- 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