Brett Rutherford

Poet

Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania US
Email: 
brett@poetspress.org
Website: 
poetspress.org

Author's Bio

Founded The Poet's Press in 1971 in NYC; press still operates in Pittsburgh, PA with 318 books to date. As a neo-Romantic poet, areas of special focus in his writing are the Gothic and supernatural, Greek myth, and verse plays. Semi-retired now; worked & taught at University of Rhode Island. Academic work includes studies of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, World War I literature, Phillis Wheatley, ancient Greek poets, and the history of supernatural poetry.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
For the Outsider: Poems Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft (Hippocampus Press, 2023)
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Dreams of Fear: Poetry of Terror and the Supernatural (Hippocampus Press, 2013)
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On the Wing: American Poems of Air and Space Flight (University of Iowa Press, 2005)
,
Buried Alive: An Anthology of Underground Writing (Invisible Books, 2004)
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Breathe! (Warthog Press, 1980)
Books:
It Has Found You: New Poems and Writings 2020-2021 (Poet's Press, 2023)
,
Pity the Dragon: Poems on Chinese Themes (Poet's Press, 2023)
,
Callimachus at Alexandria (Poet's Press, 2022)
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The Inhuman Wave: New Poems and Revisions 2019-2020 (Poet's Press, 2020)
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Whippoorwill Road: The Supernatural Poems (Poet's Press, 2019)
Journals:
Contact II
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Haunts
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Home Planet News
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Liberty
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Newport Review
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Oxalis Literary Quarterly
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Sensations Magazine
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Weird Tales

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Poe, Shelley, Jeffers, Akhmatova.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
English American, European American, Native American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, LGBTQ, Teachers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Scottdale
Raised in: 
Scottdale, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Nov 13, 2023