Brian Blanchfield

Brian Blanchfield is an American poet and essayist.

Early life and education

He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1973,[1] and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. He is the author of two books of poetry, Not Even Then (2004) and A Several World (2014), and a book of essays/autobiography, Proxies (2016).

Writings

A Several World was the 2014 recipient of the James Laughlin Award[2] and was a longlist finalist for the National Book Award.[3] The book takes its title from a 17th-century poem by Robert Herrick, and deals with questions about subjectivity and individuality versus the collective.[4] Proxies is a collection of 24 single-subject essays that concludes with a 21-page rolling endnote, "Correction."

Blanchfield's poems and essays have been published by The Nation,[5]Harper's,[6] BOMB,[7] the Paris Review,[8] Brick,[9] Conjunctions,[10] Guernica,[11] and other publications.

Professional activities

He has taught creative writing at the Pratt Institute, Otis College of Art and Design, the University of Montana, and the University of Arizona.

In 2010 he became a poetry editor of Fence Magazine[12] and in 2015-16 was guest editor of the PEN Poetry Series.[13] He hosts and produces Speedway and Swan, a poetry and music radio show on KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, Arizona.

Publications

Chapbooks

Honors and awards


External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/brian-blanchfield
  2. ↑ https://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/james-laughlin-award
  3. ↑ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2014.html#poetry
  4. ↑ http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/the-poets/
  5. ↑ http://www.thenation.com/authors/brian-blanchfield/
  6. ↑ http://harpers.org/archive/2015/11/theres-the-rub/
  7. ↑ http://bombmagazine.org/article/03981124/on-dossiers-permitting-shame-error-and-guilt-myself-the-single-source
  8. ↑ http://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6059/smalltown-lift-brian-blanchfield
  9. ↑ http://brickmag.com/issues/brick94
  10. ↑ http://conjunctions.com/webcon/blanchfield13.htm
  11. ↑ https://www.guernicamag.com/tag/brian-blanchfield/
  12. ↑ http://www.fenceportal.org/?page_id=50
  13. ↑ http://www.pen.org/topic/poetry-series
  14. ↑ http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-9376-5845-8
  15. ↑ http://www.iowareview.org/blog/brian-blanchfields-several-world
  16. ↑ http://www.lambdaliterary.org/review/09/23/a-several-world-by-brian-blanchfield/
  17. ↑ Burt, Steven (November 21, 2004). "Poetry: Happy as Two Blue-Plate Specials". New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  18. ↑ http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/03/23/whiting-2016/
  19. ↑ "10 Young Writers Receive $50,000 Whiting Awards". New York Times. Associated Press. March 23, 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  20. ↑ http://www.brown.edu/initiatives/howard-foundation/howard-fellows-2014-2015
  21. ↑ https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/stanza/academy-american-poets-announces-recipients-2014-american-poets-prizes
  22. ↑ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2014_p_blanchfield.html#.VnGZGsArI19
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