Allen Braden
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from McNeese State UniversityMcNeese State University
McNeese State University is a public university located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the United States. Founded in 1939 as a junior college, McNeese experienced growth due to economic activity in the region. It adopted its present name in 1970....
, with an MFA.
His work is published in The New Republic, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Southern Review, Georgia Review.
He was poet-in-residence for the Poetry Center and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
He teaches at Tacoma Community College
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma Community College is a community college located in Tacoma, Washington, with satellite operations in Gig Harbor and the Tacoma Mall. It serves the city of Tacoma and the Pierce County portion of the Kitsap Peninsula....
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Awards
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
- 2006 Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship
- Emerging Writers Prize from Witness magazine
- Grolier Poetry Prize
Works
- "Down the Silo", Umbrella, Fall 2007
- "BOTH PORTRAITS"; "YOUR LIFE AS FOUND IN A TOOLBOX", In Posse Review, Winter 2006