Alan Britt

Poet

Reisterstown, MD

Maryland US

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Author's Bio

Alan Britt's The Poet and the Poem interview for the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html) aired on Pacifica Radio in January 2013. His interview with Minnesota Review is up at http://minnesotareview.wordpress.com/. He read for the We Are You Project/Ragazine event at the historic Maysles Cinema in NYC/Harlem (February 2013), at the (World Trade Center) Tribute WTC Visitors Center in Manhattan/NYC (April 2012), and for the We Are You Project at the Wilmer Jennings Gallery in East Village/NYC (April 2012). He is Poetry Editor-in-chief for the We Are You Project International (WeAreYouProject.org).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Fathers: A Collection of Poems (St. Martin's Press, 1997)

Rising Waters (Pekitanoui Publishing, 1995)

Books:

Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2015)

Vermilion (Bitter Oleander Press, 2005)

Infinite Days (Bitter Oleander Press, 2003)

Bodies of Lightning (Cypress Books, 1995)

Journals:

Chariton Review

Confrontation

English Journal

Exquisite Corpse

New Letters

Steaua

Prizes won:

Poetry is not about contests.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The First Decade by Duane Locke, Of Flies and Monkeys by Jacques Dupin, 1001 Winters by Kristiina Ehin, Afterglow by Alberto Blanco, Empire in the Shade of a Grassblade by Rob Cook

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Norfolk

Raised in:

West Palm Beach, FL

Florida

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Last update: Apr 28, 2013