Brian Blanchfield is an American poet and essayist.
Early life and education
editHe was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1973, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Warren Wilson College.[1] 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
editA 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." In a starred review, Publishers Weekly noted that "in each entry Blanchfield picks a subject—foot washing, authorship, owls—and examines it from several angles until the connection between metaphysical principle and lived experience suddenly crystallizes, often producing an analogy as surprising as it is lovely."[5]
Blanchfield's poems and essays have been published by The Nation,[6] Harper's Magazine,[7] BOMB,[8] The Paris Review,[9] Brick,[10] Conjunctions,[11] Guernica,[12] and other publications.
Professional activities
editHe has taught creative writing at the Pratt Institute, Otis College of Art and Design, the University of Montana, the University of Arizona, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He currently teaches as an associate professor at the University of Idaho.[13][14]
In 2010 he became a poetry editor of Fence[15] and in 2015–16 was guest editor of the PEN Poetry Series.[16] He hosted and produced episodes 1-32 of Speedway and Swan, a poetry and music radio show on KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, Arizona.[17]
Bibliography
editPoetry and essays books
edit- Not Even Then (University of California Press, 2004)[18]
- A Several World (Nightboat Books, 2014)[19][20]
- Proxies: Essays Near Knowing (Nightboat Books, 2016)[21]
Shorter publications
edit- The History of Ideas, 1973-2012 (Spork Press, 2013)
- Correction. (Essay Press, 2016)[22]
Honors and awards
editHonors
edit- George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship (2015–2016)[23]
Literary awards
edit- National Book Award Longlist, Poetry[24]
- James Laughlin Award (2014)[25]
- Whiting Award for Nonfiction (2016)[26][27]
References
edit- ^ "Brian Blanchfield". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "James Laughlin Award". Poets.org. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "2014 National Book Awards". Nationalbook.org. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "National Book Foundation Names Poetry Finalists". Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ [1]"Nonfiction Book Review: Proxies: Essays Near Knowing by Brian Blanchfield". Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Brian Blanchfield". The Nation. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ Blanchfield, Brian (1 November 2015). "There's the Rub". Harper's Magazine. Harpers.
- ^ Brian Blanchfield. "On Dossiers, Permitting Shame, Error and Guilt, Myself the Single Source". Bobmmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "Smalltown Lift". Paris Review. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "Brick 94 | Brick Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ "Web Conjunctions: Two Onesheets, by Brian Blanchfield". Conjunctions.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "Tag for "brian blanchfield - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ "people". 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
- ^ "Brian Blanchfield". Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "about". Fence Portal. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "PEN American Center". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ [2]"Speedway & Swan". 10 November 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Burt, Stephen (21 November 2004). "Poetry : Happy as Two Blueplate Specials". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ Tue, 01/13/2015 - 10:23am (2015-01-13). "Brian Blanchfield's A SEVERAL WORLD". The Iowa Review. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Lambda Literary". Lambda Literary. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Proxies: Essays Near Knowing by Brian Blanchfield". Publishersweekly.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ [3]"EP 54, Essay Press". 15 February 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Brown University. "Previous Fellowship Awardees, Howard Foundation". Brown.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "A Several World by Brian Blanchfield, 2014 National Book Award Longlist, Poetry". Nationalbook.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "The Academy of American Poets Announces the Recipients of the 2014 American Poets Prizes | Academy of American Poets". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Announcing The Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards". Theparisreview.org. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "10 Young Writers Receive $50,000 Whiting Awards". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 23, 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.