Brent Robison

Fiction Writer

Mount Tremper, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Brent Robison lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York. His fiction has appeared in over a dozen literary journals and several anthologies, and has won the Literal Latte Short Short Award, the Chronogram Short Fiction Contest, a Fiction Fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, and a Pushcart Prize nomination. His collection of linked short stories, The Principle of Ultimate Indivisibility, and his two mystery novels, Ponckhockie Union and A Book with No Author, are available from booksellers everywhere. He blogs occasionally at http://ultimate-indivisibility.com, and co-hosts The Strange Recital, http://thestrangerecital.com, a twice-monthly podcast about fiction that questions the nature of reality. His third novel, now in progress, threatens to take him to the grave.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Relationship Add Vice (Zombie Pirate Publishing, 2017)
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Tribute to Orpheus 2 (Kearney Street Books, 2012)
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When Last on the Mountain: The View from Writers over 50 (Holy Cow! Press, 2010)
Journals:
Alchemy
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Ariel Chart
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Chronogram
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Crania OnLine
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Edna
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Jerry Jazz Musician
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Margins
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Mochila Review
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Otherwise Engaged
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Pindeldyboz
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Prima Materia
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re:Issue
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Silent Voices
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The Smoking Poet
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Prizes won: 

1995-96 Fiction Writers Fellowship (New Jersey Council on the Arts); 2005 Short Fiction Award (Chronogram Magazine); 2007 Short Short Award (Literal Latte)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Borges, Brautigan, Nabokov, Marquez, Kafka, Auster, Hustvedt, David Markson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Preston, ID
Idaho
Raised in: 
UT
Utah
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Last update: Nov 09, 2024