James Brasfield

Poet

Belfast, ME
Maine US

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Features from the Angel's Wing: Poems Inspired by the Paintings of Piero della Francesca (Persea Books, 2016)
,
Poetry Daily (Sourcebooks, 2003)
Books:
Cove (Louisiana State University Press, 2023)
,
Infinite Altars (Louisiana State University Press, 2016)
,
Ledger of Crossroads (Louisiana State University Press, 2009)
,
Translation: The Selected Poems of Oleh Lysheha (Harvard University Press, 1999)
Prizes won: 

Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry, National Endowment for the Arts; Literature-Poetry Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation; The American Association for Ukrainian Studies Prize for Translation; Pushcart Prize (translation); two Senior Fulbright Fellowships.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Savannah, GA
Georgia
Raised in: 
Savannah, GA
Georgia
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Last update: Feb 16, 2021