BRIAN FOLEY
445 e 9th ave, Denver, CO 80203
brianjamesfoley@gmail.com
774-487-7788
Areas of Specialization
Creative writing, Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Poetic Theory, Philosophy, Fiction and Non- Fiction, Hybrid Literature, Literary Theory, English Composition, Cultural Studies, Postmodern Theory, Queer and Feminist Studies, New Media Poetics & Digital Landscapes, Film History and Theory
Education
PhD Literature & Creative Writing University of Denver, Denver, CO (expected grad, 2018)
M.F.A. Poetry University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2013
B.A. English Emerson College, Boston, MA, 2004
Teaching Experience
University of Denver, Denver, CO – Instructor – 2017
WRIT 1122, Writing the Moving Image, Spring 2018
Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO – Instructor – 2017
ENG1020, Research and Argument Writing – Fall, 2017
Johnson and Wales University, Denver, CO - Senior Lecturer – 2017
ENG1021, Advanced English Composition (3 sections), Fall, 2017
University of Denver, Denver Co – Instructor – 2015-2016
ENG2000, Writing the Difference: Heterogeneity and the Poetic Self, Fall 2016
ENG1000, The Possibility of Inadequacy: Embracing Today’s Postmodernity, Spring, 2016
ENG 1000, Poetic Practices: Intro to Creative Writing, Fall 2015
University of Denver, Denver Co – Teaching Assistant – 2017
ENG3002, Advanced Creative Writing, Poetry, Winter 2017 w/ Graham Foust
Johnson and Wales University, Denver, CO - Senior Lecturer – 2015-2016
ENG1020, English Composition (2 sections), Winter, 2016
ENG1020, English Composition, Fall 2015
Putney Pre-College at Amherst College, Amherst, MA –Instructor - 2014
CRI100, Criminal Psychology, Summer 2014
Western New England University, Springfield, MA – Senior Lecturer
ENG 133, English Composition II: Introduction to Literature, Spring 2014
ENG 132, English Composition I, Fall 2013
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA – Senior Lecturer – 2013-14
ENG 095, Pre-College English II, Fall 2013
ENG 095, Pre-College English II, Fall 2013
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA – 2009-2012
ENG 112, College Writing, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
OASIS, First Year Freshman Seminar, Fall 2012
ENG 254, Writing and Reading Imaginative Literature, Fall 2009
Publications
Books
The Constitution, Black Ocean Books, March 2014
Chapbooks
Puritan Landfill, Black Cake, April 2015
TOTEM, Fact-Simile Editions, March 2014
The Constitution, Horseless Press, March 2011
The Black Eye, Brave Men Press, March 2010
The Tornado is Not a Surrealist, Greying Ghost Press, May 2008
Selected Poems in Print
Boston Review, Caketrain, Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art, Denver Quarterly, Hobart, Jubilat, Keyhole, LIT, Otolithes, Poor Claudia, Puerto Del Sol, Quick Fiction, Saltgrass, Sleeping Fish, We Are So Happy to Know Something
Selected Poems Online
751 Magazine, Action Yes, Aesthetix, Anti-, Boston Review, Country Music, Dark Sky Magazine, elimae, Everyday Genius, Eyeshot, Fou, Front Porch, Glitterpony, H_NGM_N, Horseless Review, iO: A Journal of New American Poetry, Ilk Journal, Incessant Pipe, Ink Node, Juked, Lamination Colony, Leveler, MiPOesias, Night Train, No Tell Motel. Notnostrums, Omniverse, Pedestal, Pen America, Pinwheel, Real Poetik, Sink Review, Sixth Finch, Softblow, Spoke Too Soon, Strange Machine, The Destroyer, The Fanzine, The Paris American, The Raleigh Quarterly, Timber, Verse Daily, The Volta, TYPO, Wigleaf, Word Riot
Selected Published Reviews
“’Death!’ By Dan Chelotti,” Spoke Too Soon, March, 2015
“In Review: Best Books of 2014,” The Volta, December 2014
“The New Years by Hannah Brooks-Motl,” Boog City, November, 2014
“The Obligatory Garnish Argument by Meg Ronan,” Black Ocean Blog, May 2014
“25 Important books of Poetry of the 00’s,” HTMLGiant, December 2009
Manuscript in Progress
Related Employment
University of Denver, Denver, CO
Assistant to Department Chair – Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Winter 2016
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, 2012-2013
Honors and Awards
Winner, Poetry Society of America, New American Poet, 2015
Finalist, The Paris American Reading Series Contest, Selected by Yusaf Kumenyakaa, 2013
Winner, 2011 Equinox Chapbook Prize, Fact-Simile Editions, 2011
Winner, Academy of American Poets Award, selected by Pam Rehm, 2010
Editorial & Arts Programming
Guest Editor, iO: A journal of New American Poetry, Summer 2014
Guest Editor, Everyday Genius, all female poetry issue, June 2014
Contributing Editor, The Volta, 2011-present
Editor, C0-Publisher & Co-Founder, Brave Men Press, 2010-present
Founder & Curator, The Deep Moat Reading Series, 2009-2014
Curator and Organizer, Jones/jubilat reading series, 2011-2012
Editor, Publisher, Founder, SIR! Magazine, 2009-2011
Event Director, Brookline Booksmith, 2006-2009
Academic Grants & Fellowships
jubilat/Jones Reading Series Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2010-11
Department Travel Grant, English Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Spring 2013
Conference Travel Grant, English Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Annual, 2012-2014
Professional Development Courses
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Teaching Creative Writing, 2009
Introduction to Teaching Writing, 2010
Language and Diversity, 2011
Technology and Professional Development, 2012
445 e 9th ave, Denver, CO 80203
brianjamesfoley@gmail.com
774-487-7788
Areas of Specialization
Creative writing, Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Poetic Theory, Philosophy, Fiction and Non- Fiction, Hybrid Literature, Literary Theory, English Composition, Cultural Studies, Postmodern Theory, Queer and Feminist Studies, New Media Poetics & Digital Landscapes, Film History and Theory
Education
PhD Literature & Creative Writing University of Denver, Denver, CO (expected grad, 2018)
M.F.A. Poetry University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2013
B.A. English Emerson College, Boston, MA, 2004
Teaching Experience
University of Denver, Denver, CO – Instructor – 2017
WRIT 1122, Writing the Moving Image, Spring 2018
Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO – Instructor – 2017
ENG1020, Research and Argument Writing – Fall, 2017
Johnson and Wales University, Denver, CO - Senior Lecturer – 2017
ENG1021, Advanced English Composition (3 sections), Fall, 2017
University of Denver, Denver Co – Instructor – 2015-2016
ENG2000, Writing the Difference: Heterogeneity and the Poetic Self, Fall 2016
ENG1000, The Possibility of Inadequacy: Embracing Today’s Postmodernity, Spring, 2016
ENG 1000, Poetic Practices: Intro to Creative Writing, Fall 2015
University of Denver, Denver Co – Teaching Assistant – 2017
ENG3002, Advanced Creative Writing, Poetry, Winter 2017 w/ Graham Foust
Johnson and Wales University, Denver, CO - Senior Lecturer – 2015-2016
ENG1020, English Composition (2 sections), Winter, 2016
ENG1020, English Composition, Fall 2015
Putney Pre-College at Amherst College, Amherst, MA –Instructor - 2014
CRI100, Criminal Psychology, Summer 2014
Western New England University, Springfield, MA – Senior Lecturer
ENG 133, English Composition II: Introduction to Literature, Spring 2014
ENG 132, English Composition I, Fall 2013
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA – Senior Lecturer – 2013-14
ENG 095, Pre-College English II, Fall 2013
ENG 095, Pre-College English II, Fall 2013
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA – 2009-2012
ENG 112, College Writing, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
OASIS, First Year Freshman Seminar, Fall 2012
ENG 254, Writing and Reading Imaginative Literature, Fall 2009
Publications
Books
The Constitution, Black Ocean Books, March 2014
- Awarded “2015 New American Poet” by Poetry Society of America; chosen by Dan Chelotti
- Reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Poetry Northwest, The Volta, Gulf Coast, and Poetry Society for America
- “SPD Recommends,” March 2014 – Small Press Distribution
Chapbooks
Puritan Landfill, Black Cake, April 2015
TOTEM, Fact-Simile Editions, March 2014
- Winner of the 2011 Equinox Chapbook Award
The Constitution, Horseless Press, March 2011
The Black Eye, Brave Men Press, March 2010
The Tornado is Not a Surrealist, Greying Ghost Press, May 2008
Selected Poems in Print
Boston Review, Caketrain, Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art, Denver Quarterly, Hobart, Jubilat, Keyhole, LIT, Otolithes, Poor Claudia, Puerto Del Sol, Quick Fiction, Saltgrass, Sleeping Fish, We Are So Happy to Know Something
Selected Poems Online
751 Magazine, Action Yes, Aesthetix, Anti-, Boston Review, Country Music, Dark Sky Magazine, elimae, Everyday Genius, Eyeshot, Fou, Front Porch, Glitterpony, H_NGM_N, Horseless Review, iO: A Journal of New American Poetry, Ilk Journal, Incessant Pipe, Ink Node, Juked, Lamination Colony, Leveler, MiPOesias, Night Train, No Tell Motel. Notnostrums, Omniverse, Pedestal, Pen America, Pinwheel, Real Poetik, Sink Review, Sixth Finch, Softblow, Spoke Too Soon, Strange Machine, The Destroyer, The Fanzine, The Paris American, The Raleigh Quarterly, Timber, Verse Daily, The Volta, TYPO, Wigleaf, Word Riot
Selected Published Reviews
“’Death!’ By Dan Chelotti,” Spoke Too Soon, March, 2015
“In Review: Best Books of 2014,” The Volta, December 2014
“The New Years by Hannah Brooks-Motl,” Boog City, November, 2014
“The Obligatory Garnish Argument by Meg Ronan,” Black Ocean Blog, May 2014
“25 Important books of Poetry of the 00’s,” HTMLGiant, December 2009
Manuscript in Progress
- Doctoral Dissertation: “The Phenomenology of Heartbreak” – a hybrid text exploring being, time, and consciousness as affected by the condition known as heartbreak.
Related Employment
University of Denver, Denver, CO
Assistant to Department Chair – Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Winter 2016
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, 2012-2013
Honors and Awards
Winner, Poetry Society of America, New American Poet, 2015
Finalist, The Paris American Reading Series Contest, Selected by Yusaf Kumenyakaa, 2013
- “Sixteen Moments of Silence” selected for publication in The Paris American
Winner, 2011 Equinox Chapbook Prize, Fact-Simile Editions, 2011
- “TOTEM” selected for publication
Winner, Academy of American Poets Award, selected by Pam Rehm, 2010
Editorial & Arts Programming
Guest Editor, iO: A journal of New American Poetry, Summer 2014
Guest Editor, Everyday Genius, all female poetry issue, June 2014
Contributing Editor, The Volta, 2011-present
Editor, C0-Publisher & Co-Founder, Brave Men Press, 2010-present
Founder & Curator, The Deep Moat Reading Series, 2009-2014
Curator and Organizer, Jones/jubilat reading series, 2011-2012
Editor, Publisher, Founder, SIR! Magazine, 2009-2011
Event Director, Brookline Booksmith, 2006-2009
Academic Grants & Fellowships
jubilat/Jones Reading Series Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2010-11
Department Travel Grant, English Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Spring 2013
Conference Travel Grant, English Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Annual, 2012-2014
Professional Development Courses
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Teaching Creative Writing, 2009
Introduction to Teaching Writing, 2010
Language and Diversity, 2011
Technology and Professional Development, 2012
