Printable view of J Brooke

Listed as:

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

Essex, CT

Connecticut US

Email:

jbrookewrites@gmail.com

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.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

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

Twitter/X:

@JBrookeWrites

Born in:

New York City, NY

New York

Raised in:

New York City, NY

New York

RSS feed:

https://jbrookewrites.com [2]

Website:

https://JBrookeWrites.com [3]

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

Education:

Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine

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

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