R. Bremner

Poet

Glen Ridge, NJ
New Jersey US

Author's Bio

R. Bremner has worked as a cab driver, a UPS truck unloader, a security guard, a computer programmer, and a vice-president at Citibank. He he has published in International Poetry Review, Inclement, Turbulence, Sanitarium, Title Waves, the Passaic Review, Poets Online, Every Writer’s Resource, the Red Wheelbarrow Anthology, Ancient Paths, the Society of Classical Poets, Yellow Chair Review, Oleander Review, Paterson Literary Review, Journal of Formal Poetry, the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Anthology, and the Mensa Bulletin. Despite a major stroke and a liver transplant, he keeps on writing, by the grace of God! His published books are Hungry Words (Alien Buddha Press), Absurd (Cajun Mutt Press), Chambers of a heart (New Feral Press), Ektomorphic (chapbook, Presa Press), Pencil Sketches (chapbook, Clare Songbirds Publications), and castles, wombs, armies, and pentecosts (Clare Songbirds Publications). Among his eBooks are Stories of Love and Hate, Poems for the Narrow, Dog Stories, and You are once again the stranger. Ron has thrice won Honorable Mention in the Allen Ginsberg Awards. He has traveled extensively, especially to Sri Lanka, birthplace of his wife. R. Bremner is a frequent reader at various poetry events and a member of the Montclair Write Group and the Red Wheelbarrow Poets.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Chambers of a heart (Feral Press, 2018)
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Ektomorphic (Presa Press, 2018)
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Hungry Words (Alien Buddha Press, 2018)
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Nightmares (Alien Buddha Press, 2018)
Chapbook:
Pencil Sketches (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, 2019)
Journals:
Adelaide Literary Magazine
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Ancient Paths
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Armarolla
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Barzakh
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Bosphorus Review of Books
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Crab Fat Magazine
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Diaphanous
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Dissident Voice
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Elixir
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Epigraph
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Every Writer
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First Literary Review-East
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Home Planet News
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In-flight Literary Magazine
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International Poetry Review
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Jerry Jazz Musician
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Muddy River Poetry Review
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Oleander Review
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Ovunque Siamo
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Panoply
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Passaic Review
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Pif Magazine
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Poets Online
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Pure Slush
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Raconteur
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Sensations Magazine
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Society of Classical Poets
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Spitball
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Subterranean Blue Poetry
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The Fib Review
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The Gambler
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The High Window
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The Miscreant
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The Road Not Taken
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Tiny Spoon
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Turbulence
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Writers Tribe Review
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Yellow Chair Review
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Prizes won: 

Poetry Super Highway Poet of the Week Nov 3-9, 2014; Honorable Mention in the Allen Ginsberg Award, 2016

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Richard Yates, Richard Brautigan, Frost, Plath, Gluck, Richard Paul, Laura Nyro, Cheran, Francesca Bremner, Raymond Sathyan Bremner, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Ed O'Connor, Keith Biesiada, Donald Fagan, Ian Anderson, Pete Brown, Keith Reid, Ken Nordine, Amy King, Anton Yakovlev, Peggy Vassallo
What I'm reading now: 
The Confucian Odes by Confucius/Ezra Pound, Innocense by Patricia Carragon, Homeslice by George Pereny, The Energy of Slaves by Leonard Cohen, Blue Chevies by Jim Klein, Ordinary Impalers by Anton Yakovlev

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Born in: 
Jersey City
Raised in: 
Lyndhurst, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Dec 28, 2020