Biography
drea brown is a queer Black feminist poet-scholar whose writing has appeared in journals and anthologies such as Stand Our Ground: Poems for Marissa Alexander and Trayvon Martin, the Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Indiana Review, Bellingham Review and About Place Journal. drea is the author of dear girl: a reckoning, winner of the Gold Line Press 2014 chapbook prize, and co-editor of Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature (U Pittsburgh 2021). Their forthcoming monograph Conjuring the Haint: The Haunting Poetics of Black Women (UPM 2025), explores the role of haunting in Black women’s literature and lived experiences.
Education:
BA Hollins University, English & Creative Writing
MFA University of Oregon, Poetry & Poetics, Women & Gender Studies
PhD African& African Diaspora Studies, Women& Gender Studies
Education:
BA Hollins University, English & Creative Writing
MFA University of Oregon, Poetry & Poetics, Women & Gender Studies
PhD African& African Diaspora Studies, Women& Gender Studies
Research Interests
Black women's literary traditions, Black feminisms, poetry and poetics, haunting
Teaching Interests
20th & 21st century Black literature, Black women's intellectual traditions, Black feminisms, poetry and poetics, Black speculative writing, haunting & horror