Bill Brown (b. 1948)

Biography

Bill Brown is a native of western Tennessee, having grown up in Dyersburg. Brown received his B.A. from Bethel College and Master's Degrees from the Breadloaf School of English, Middlebury College, and the George Peabody College. From 1983-2003, he directed the writing program at Hume-Fogg Academic High School in Nashville. Brown currently resides in Robertson County with his wife and teaches as a part-time lecturer at Vanderbilt. He writes poetry.

Bibliography

    Non-Fiction

• Important Words: A Book for Poets and Writers (with Malcolm Glass, 1991)

    Poetry

• Holding on By Letting Go (1990)
• What the Night Told Me (1992)
• The Art of Dying (1996)
• The Gods of Little Pleasures (2001)
• Yesterday's Hay (2006)
• Tatters (2007)
• Late Winter (2008)
• The News Inside (2010)

Sources and Links

• Short Biography and Poetry Statement
• Review of Yesterday's Hay
• "Early This Morning" (scroll down a bit to find it)
• Biography
• "The Truth"
• "The Children Who Love Holes" and "Infant, Collateral Damage 2006"
• Reviews for Late Winter
• "The Language of Rain"
• "In Praise of Winter Trees"
• Interview with Brown
• Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Find Brown on Facebook

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