Aozora Brockman

Poet

Author's Bio

Aozora Brockman was raised by an American father and Japanese mother on an organic vegetable farm in Central Illinois, and her poetry is influenced by the meditative space of weeding and harvesting. She is currently working on a father-daughter memoir, and dreams of having her own farm in the future.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Memory of a Girl (Backbone Press, 2016)
Journals:
Animal: Beast of a Literary Magazine
,
Cortland Review
,
Fifth Wednesday
,
Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal
Prizes won: 

Jean Meyer Aloe Prize '15 (Academy of American Poets)

Jane Lumley Prize '15: Honorable Mention (Hermeneutic Chaos)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American, Feminist, Japanese American, Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Japanese
Born in: 
Normal
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Last update: Apr 26, 2017