Joel Brouwer
Joel Brouwer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University Sarah Lawrence College |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Alabama |
Joel Brouwer (born 1968) is an American poet, professor and critic.[1]
He is also the author of Exactly What Happened, which received the Larry Levis Prize from Virginia Commonwealth University,[2] and Centuries,[3] a National Book Critics Circle Notable Book.[1]
Brouwer's essays, book reviews and poems have been published in The New York Times Book Review,[4] Boston Review,[5] Harvard Review,[6] The Progressive,[7] AGNI,[8] Parnassus,[7] The Cortland Review,[9] Crab Orchard Review,[7] Crazyhorse,[7] The Georgia Review,[10] The Gettysburg Review,[7] The Iowa Review,[11] The Massachusetts Review,[12] The Paris Review,[13] Pleiades,[14] Ploughshares,[15] Poetry,[16] The Prose Poem,[17] Tin House,[7] The Washington Post[18]
Brouwer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1968, is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Syracuse University, is a professor of English at the University of Alabama, and lives in Tuscaloosa and New Orleans.[7][19]
Awards
- Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship
- 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship[20]
- 2001 Whiting Award[19]
- 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship[21]
Published works
Poetry collections
- Exactly What Happened (Purdue University Press, 1999)
- Centuries (New York: Four Way Books, 2003)
- And So (New York: Four Way Books, 2009)
- Off Message (New York: Four Way Books, 2016)
- As Long as We're Here (New York: Four Way Books, 2026)
Chapbooks
- This Just In (Los Angeles: Beyond Baroque Books, 1998)
- Think of It This Way (Tuscaloosa: Fameorshame Press, 2000)
- Lt. Shrapnel (New York: Artichoke Yink Press, 2002)
- Snow (New York: Salamandra Editions, 2008)
- Flag Factory (New York: Artichoke Yink Press, 2008)
- Hybrid Land (Tuscaloosa: Filter Press, 2011)
References
- 1 2 "Joel Brouwer". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ "Prior Winners". English - Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Strong, Robert (Fall–Winter 2003). "Joel Brouwer: Centuries". Double Room. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Brouwer, Joel (April 24, 2009). "Poetry Chronicle". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Joel Brouwer". Boston Review. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Joel Brouwer Archives". Harvard Review. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Joel Brouwer". University of Alabama Department of English. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Joel Brouwer". AGNI Online. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Joel Brouwer, Poetry: Issue 18". The Cortland Review. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Brouwer, Joel". The Georgia Review. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Brouwer, Joel (2007). "24 Marines and 72 Journalists Land at Mogadishu". The Iowa Review. 37 (3): 91–92. doi:10.17077/0021-065X.6265. ISSN 0021-065X.
- ↑ Brouwer, Joel (2002). "Father". The Massachusetts Review. 43 (2): 316. ISSN 0025-4878. JSTOR 25091862.
- ↑ "Joel Brouwer". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ pleiades_magazine (January 23, 2015). "The human desire for power is general; methods to attain it are diverse". Instagram. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Joel Brouwer". Ploughshares. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "October 2010". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Brouwer, Joel (1999-01-01). "Marked". The Prose Poem: An International Journal. 8 (1).
- ↑ Brouwer, Joel (2008-08-03). "This Is My Letter To the World". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- 1 2 "Joel Brouwer". Whiting Foundation. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Literature Fellowships". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "2010 Guggenheim Fellows Announced". Artforum. 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2026-07-15.