J Brooke

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Essex, CT
Connecticut US
Email: 
jbrookewrites@gmail.com
Website: 
JBrookeWrites.com
Twitter/X: 
@JBrookeWrites
RSS feed: 
jbrookewrites.com

Author's Bio

J Brooke (They/e) won Columbia Journal’s 2020 Nonfiction Award for their autobiographical essay, “HYBRID”, in the Womxn’s History Month Special Issue. Their work has appeared in The Normal School, Electric Lit, Harvard Review, Maine Review, Bangalore Review, The Sun, and others and is upcoming in The Massachusetts Review and The Fiddlehead. Brooke was Nonfiction Editor of the Stonecoast Review while receiving an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine.

Education: 
Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine MFA

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Journals:
Columbia Journal
,
Electric Literature
,
Fiddlehead
,
Glint Literary Journal
,
Harvard Review
,
Maine Review
,
Massachusetts Review
,
Normal School
,
Passengers Journal
,
RFD
,
The Rumpus
,
TSR: The Southampton Review
,
Stonecoast Review
,
Streetlight Magazine
,
Sun Magazine

Poetry

Journals:
Arlington Literary Journal
,
Bangalore Review
,
Dash Literary Journal
,
Detour Ahead
,
Hartskill Review
,
Mom Egg Review
,
The Rumpus
,
TSR: The Southampton Review
,
Tiny Seed Literary Journal
Prizes won: 

Nonfiction winner in Columbia Journal’s 2020 Womxn’s History Month Special Issue/

Beyond Words Literary Magazine’s 2020 Dream Challenge Winner/

Craft Literary 2021 Flash Fiction Hon. Mention/

Maine Review 2021 Embody Award Hon. Mention/

Streetlight Magazine's 2020 Nonfiction/Memoir Hon. Mention/

Gival Press 2021 Oscar Wilde Award Finalist/

North American Review 2020 Kurt Vonnegut Prize Finalist/

Sunspot Lit 2020 Flash Fiction Award Finalist

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Claudia Rankine Roxanne Gay Meg Wolitzer Joan Didion Gabrielle Calvocoressi Carmen Maria Machado Alexander Chee Ann Patchett Ta-Nehisi-Coates David Sedaris Samantha Irby Anne Lamott Ibram X. Kendi Kurt Vonnegut Maggie Nelson
What I'm reading now: 
Revolutions of All Colors by Dewaine Farria, Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine, Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker, A Promised Land by Barack Obama, Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Jewish, LGBTQ, Other
Prefers to work with: 
Any, At Risk Youth, Children, Disability, Immigration, LGBTQ, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Schools, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York City, NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York City, NY
New York
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Last update: Aug 15, 2022