Djelloul Marbrook
Encyclopedia
Djelloul Marbrook is a contemporary English language
American
poet
and writer
. He grew up in Brooklyn
, West Islip, and Manhattan
, where he attended Dwight Preparatory School and Columbia University
. He worked as a soda jerk
, newspaper
vendor, messenger
, theater and nightclub
concessionaire, and served in the U.S. Navy and merchant marine.
and an editor
for the Elmira Star-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, The Washington Star, and Media News newspapers in northeast Ohio
, and Paterson, New Jersey
, and Passaic, New Jersey
.
His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in a number of journals. His unpublished work includes the following:
In 2006-2007 he was the editor in chief
of the English version of Arabesques Literary and Cultural Review.
New reviews of Far from Algiers:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/prairie_schooner/summary/v083/83.3.roxman.html
http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/child-of-the-world/
http://www.rattle.com/blog/2009/05/far-from-algiers-by-djelloul-marbrook/
http://www.thelinchpin.org/2010/02/a-rousing-review-of-djelloul-marbrook-far-from-algiers/
http://boxcarpoetry.com/023/review_marbrook_joudah_mosson.html
http://gentlyread.wordpress.com/page/8/
He won the 2008 Literal Latté fiction prize for his story, "Artist's Hill" ( http://www.literal-latte.com/author/djelloulmarbrook/).
Judyth Piazza chats with Djelloul Marbrook, Wick Poetry Prize Winner ...
Link to Paul Elisha's interview with Marbrook on Bard's Eye View, WAMC, Nov. 11, 2009:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/231/0/1576963/The.Roundtable/Bard's.Eye.View.with.Djelloul.Marbrook
The pioneering Online Originals (UK), the only online publisher to receive a Booker nomination, published his novella, Alice Miller's Room, in 1999. Recent fiction appeared in Literal Latté (New York, NY), Prima Materia, Vols. I and IV (Mt. Tremper, New York), Breakfast All Day (London
), and Potomac Review (Rockville, MD).
His recent poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Next of Us Is About to Be Born (Wick Poetry Series Anthology in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Wick Poetry Center, Kent State University Press, 2009) http://upress.kent.edu/books/Anderson_M2.htm, American Poetry Review (Philadelphia)http://www.aprweb.org/?gclid=CLeF0_-S2qMCFRE95QodHmzN_A, Barrow Street (New York, NY) http://www.barrowstreet.org/, Orbis(UK)http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/index.asp?id=52, Damazine (Damascus, Syria) http://www.damazine.com/, Istanbul Literary Review (Istanbul, Turkey) http://www.ilrmagazine.net/, Oberon (Stony Brook, NY), Chronogram (Kingston, NY) http://www.chronogram.com/, Reed (San Jose, CA) http://www.reedmag.org/drupal/, The Ledge (Bellport, NY) http://www.theledgemagazine.com/index.html, The Same (Mount Union, PA) http://www.thesamepress.com/, Attic (Baltimore, MD), Perpetuum Mobile (Baltimore), Arabesgues Literary and Cultural Review Arabesques, and the online literary journal poemeleon http://www.poemeleon.org/marbrook-djelloul/.
In his younger days his poetry was published in literary journals including Solstice (UK) and Beyond Baroque and Phantasm (California
).
His literary and cultural blog is at http://www.djelloulmarbrook.com. Recently his commentary, California, Nevada, Florida devastated by overbuilding, unemployment, foreclosures, on the role of the press in the economic crisis created by speculation and its lack of attention to the increasing polarization of many societies was published on the Internet.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
American
United States
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poet
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 writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He grew up in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, West Islip, and Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, where he attended Dwight Preparatory School and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He worked as a soda jerk
Soda jerk
A soda jerk was a person — typically a youth — who operated the soda fountain in a drugstore, often for the purpose of preparing and serving ice cream soda. This was made by putting flavored syrup into a specially designed tall glass, adding carbonated water and, finally, one or two scoops of ice...
, newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
vendor, messenger
Courier
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, theater and nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
concessionaire, and served in the U.S. Navy and merchant marine.
Career
He was a reporter for The Providence JournalThe Providence Journal
The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper, first published in 1829 and the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the United States, was purchased...
and an editor
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
for the Elmira Star-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, The Washington Star, and Media News newspapers in northeast Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, and Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...
, and Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...
.
His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in a number of journals. His unpublished work includes the following:
- 3 novels, Guest Boy, Crowds of One, and The Gold Factory
- 2 novellas, The Pain of Wearing Our Faces and Artemisia's Wolf
- A collection of short stories, Ootwaert's Hoe
In 2006-2007 he was the editor in chief
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
of the English version of Arabesques Literary and Cultural Review.
Prizes and awards
Marbrook is the 2007 winner of Kent State University's Stan and Tom Wick Prize for a first book of poetry. Far From Algiers, published in September 2008, is available in paperback and audiobook CD from the press (http://upress.kent.edu/books/Marbrook_D.htm) and from bookstores and online sellers. In 2010 Far from Algiers won the International Book Award for Poetry (General) http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2010awardannouceNew reviews of Far from Algiers:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/prairie_schooner/summary/v083/83.3.roxman.html
http://www.literal-latte.com/2009/11/child-of-the-world/
http://www.rattle.com/blog/2009/05/far-from-algiers-by-djelloul-marbrook/
http://www.thelinchpin.org/2010/02/a-rousing-review-of-djelloul-marbrook-far-from-algiers/
http://boxcarpoetry.com/023/review_marbrook_joudah_mosson.html
http://gentlyread.wordpress.com/page/8/
He won the 2008 Literal Latté fiction prize for his story, "Artist's Hill" ( http://www.literal-latte.com/author/djelloulmarbrook/).
Judyth Piazza chats with Djelloul Marbrook, Wick Poetry Prize Winner ...
Summary and context
Brushstrokes and Glances (poems about paintings, artists, and museums), is actually published and available through Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Brushstrokes-glances-Djelloul-Marbrook/dp/0982810016, or from Deerbrook Editions websitehttp://www.deerbrookeditions.com/ and Artemisia's Wolf, (a novella), 2011, from Prakash Books PVT.LTD of India http://www.prakashbooks.com/.Link to Paul Elisha's interview with Marbrook on Bard's Eye View, WAMC, Nov. 11, 2009:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/231/0/1576963/The.Roundtable/Bard's.Eye.View.with.Djelloul.Marbrook
The pioneering Online Originals (UK), the only online publisher to receive a Booker nomination, published his novella, Alice Miller's Room, in 1999. Recent fiction appeared in Literal Latté (New York, NY), Prima Materia, Vols. I and IV (Mt. Tremper, New York), Breakfast All Day (London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
), and Potomac Review (Rockville, MD).
His recent poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Next of Us Is About to Be Born (Wick Poetry Series Anthology in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Wick Poetry Center, Kent State University Press, 2009) http://upress.kent.edu/books/Anderson_M2.htm, American Poetry Review (Philadelphia)http://www.aprweb.org/?gclid=CLeF0_-S2qMCFRE95QodHmzN_A, Barrow Street (New York, NY) http://www.barrowstreet.org/, Orbis(UK)http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/index.asp?id=52, Damazine (Damascus, Syria) http://www.damazine.com/, Istanbul Literary Review (Istanbul, Turkey) http://www.ilrmagazine.net/, Oberon (Stony Brook, NY), Chronogram (Kingston, NY) http://www.chronogram.com/, Reed (San Jose, CA) http://www.reedmag.org/drupal/, The Ledge (Bellport, NY) http://www.theledgemagazine.com/index.html, The Same (Mount Union, PA) http://www.thesamepress.com/, Attic (Baltimore, MD), Perpetuum Mobile (Baltimore), Arabesgues Literary and Cultural Review Arabesques, and the online literary journal poemeleon http://www.poemeleon.org/marbrook-djelloul/.
In his younger days his poetry was published in literary journals including Solstice (UK) and Beyond Baroque and Phantasm (California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
).
His literary and cultural blog is at http://www.djelloulmarbrook.com. Recently his commentary, California, Nevada, Florida devastated by overbuilding, unemployment, foreclosures, on the role of the press in the economic crisis created by speculation and its lack of attention to the increasing polarization of many societies was published on the Internet.