Joel Brouwer

Joel Brouwer
Born1968 (age 56–57)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Academic background
Alma materSyracuse University
Sarah Lawrence College
Academic work
DisciplineLiterary
InstitutionsUniversity 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

Published works

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

  1. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2022-07-14). "Joel Brouwer". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ Brouwer, Reviews by Joel (April 24, 2009). "Poetry Chronicle". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "AGNI Online > Authors & Articles > Joel Brouwer". Archived from the original on 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. ^ "Read by Author | Ploughshares". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  5. ^ a b "University of Alabama > English Department Faculty > Joel Brouwer Bio". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  6. ^ a b "Four Way Books > Author Page > Joel Brouwer".[permanent dead link‍]