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Djelloul Marbrook

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Djelloul Marbrook

Author's Bio

His poetry is forthcoming in Reed (San Jose, CA), and The Ledge (Bellport, NY) and recently appeared in American Poetry Review (Philadelphia) and Oberon (Stony Brook, NY). His fiction has also been published by OnlineOriginals (UK), Potomac Review (Rockville MD), Prima Materia (NY), and Breakfast All Day (UK). He is a U.S. Navy veteran and a retired newspaper editor (Providence Journal, Elmira Star-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, Washington Star, among others). He lives in the mid-Hudson Valley with his wife Marilyn.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Far from Algiers (Kent State University Press, 2008)
Journals:
Aesthetica Magazine U.K., American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Damazine, Istanbul Literary Review, Oberon, Poemeleon, Poets Against the War, Reed Magazine, The Ledge, The Same
Prizes:
Djelloul Marbrook’s book of poems, Far from Algiers (Kent State University Press, 2008) was selected by Toi Derricotte for the 2007 Stan and Tom Wick Prize. His short story, “Artists' Hill,” won the Literal Latté fiction prize in 2008.

Djelloul Marbrook Resume

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum, Poems by C.P. Cavafy, Odyssey by Homer
Favorite Authors:
William Yeats, W.H. Auden, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, John Clare, Mark Helprin, A.S. Byatt, Iris Murdoch, Vladimir Nabokov

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Listing last updated: February 4, 2010

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
Other
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Algiers, Algeria
Raised in:
Brooklyn and Manhattan, NY

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