Andrea Brady
Encyclopedia
Andrea Brady is an American poet
and lecturer
at Queen Mary
, at the University of London
. Her academic work focuses on contemporary poetry and the early modern period
. She is the curator of Archive of the Now and the co-editor (with Keston Sutherland
) of Barque Press
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
at Queen Mary
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. Her academic work focuses on contemporary poetry and the early modern period
Early modern period
In history, the early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages. Although the chronological limits of the period are open to debate, the timeframe spans the period after the late portion of the Middle Ages through the beginning of the Age of Revolutions...
. She is the curator of Archive of the Now and the co-editor (with Keston Sutherland
Keston Sutherland
Keston Sutherland is a British poet and Reader in English at the University of Sussex. He lives in Brighton, UK. He graduated with a BA from Cambridge University in 1997, was the Joseph Hodges Choate Fellow at Harvard University 1997-8, and gained his PhD, titled 'J. H. Prynne and philology', in...
) of Barque Press
Barque Press
Barque Press is a London-based publisher of experimental poetry. Founded in 1995 by Andrea Brady and Keston Sutherland. Barque's list includes Andrea Brady, Keston Sutherland, J. H...
.
Published works
Major collections include:- Embrace (Glasgow: Object Permanence, 2005, 57 pp).
- Vacation of a Lifetime (Cambridge: Salt, 2001, 130 pp).
- Presenting (Cambridge: Salt, forthcoming 2009, 80 pp).
See also
- Staff profile at Queen Mary
- Interview by Andrew Duncan
- Wildfire: A Verse Essay on Obscurity and Illumination
- BEPC
Further reading
- Reviews of Vacation of a Lifetime: Publishers Weekly 23/9/02; Keith Elliot, Terrible Work.
- John Hall, ‘Eluded readings: trying to tell stories about reading some recent poems’, The Gig 15 (Sept. 2003).
- Tom Jones, ‘Andrea Brady’s Elections’, Litteraria Pragensia (December 2007): 139-147.
- Stuart Kelly, ‘All lines are busy’, Review of Cold Calling, Poetry Review 94.2 (Summer 2004): 95-7.* Reviews of Liberties: Nada Gordon, readme 1.
- Nicky Marsh, 'Going Glocal: The Local and the Global in Recent Experimental Women's Poetry', Contemporary Women's Writing 1 (2007): 192-202.
- Marianne Morris, ‘Behind the Veil’, Review of Embrace, Jacket 29 (April 2006).
- Robin Purves, ‘American Change: A Note on Andrea Brady and the Language of Consumption’, Edinburgh Review 114 (2004): 177-185.* Simon Perril, ‘Two Slices of Toast: Emptiness and Disappointment in Recent Works by Peter Manson and Andrea Brady’, Symbiosis 11.1 (April 2007): 75-88.
- Josh Robinson, ‘“Abject Self on Patrol”: Immaterial Labour, Affect, and Subjectivity in Andrea Brady’s Cold Calling’, Litteraria Pragensia (December 2007): 148-157.
- Keston Sutherland, University of Sussex: ‘Vocal Stupor 2: Notes on Love Poetry’, and Jonathan Clay, Birkbeck, University of London: ‘Andrea Brady’s ‘Saw Fit’: Poetic Innovation and Politics’ (New * Readings of British Contemporary Poetry, University of Dundee, 3 June 2006).
- John Wilkinson, ‘Off the Grid’, Chicago Review 53.1 (Spring 2007): 95-115, reprinted in The Lyric Touch (Cambridge: Salt, 2007).