Brian Barker, Assistant Professor
Courses Taught Regularly
- ENGL 2145—Introduction to Creative Writing
- ENGL 3020—Writing Workshop: Poetry
- ENGL 4025—Advanced Writing Workshop: Poetry
Research and Teaching Interests
- Creative Writing
- Poetics
- Contemporary American Poetry
- Poetry in Translation
Education
- MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), George Mason University
- Ph.D., Creative Writing & English, University of Houston
Selected Publications
Books:
The Animal Gospels. Tupelo Press, 2006
Poems:
"Elegy with a Mute Bell" at The Washington Post
"Love Poem for the Last Night on Earth" at Anti-
"Dragging Canoe Vanishes from the Bear Pit into the Endless Clucking of the Gods" at storySouth
"Dog Gospel" at Poetry
Recent Scholarship & Essays
"About Edward Hirsch" at Ploughshares