Rebecca Brown (author)

Rebecca Brown
Born1956 (age 67–68)
San Diego, California, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA)
University of Virginia (MFA)
Notable worksThe Gifts of the Body

Rebecca Brown (born 1956) is an American novelist, essayist, playwright, artist, and professor.[2] She was the first writer in residence at Richard Hugo House, co-founder of the Jack Straw Writers Program,[3] and served as the creative director of literature at Centrum in Port Townsend, Washington from 2005 to 2009.[4][5] Brown's best-known work is her novel The Gifts of the Body, which won a Lambda Literary Award in 1994.[6] Rebecca Brown is an Emeritus faculty member in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont[7] and is also a multi-media artist whose work has been displayed in galleries such as the Frye Art Museum.[8]

  1. ^ Xhonneux, Lies (2012-12-18). "The Serial Mythology of a Non-Representative Self: Rebecca Brown's Life Writing". Authorship. 2 (1). doi:10.21825/aj.v2i1.764. hdl:10067/1025250151162165141. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
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  3. ^ Stadler, Matthew (1999). "Rebecca Brown: The Byronic Woman". Lambda Book Report. 8 (3): 6–8. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04.
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  5. ^ "Rebecca Brown". Brown University. n.d. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  6. ^ Brown, Rebecca (25 October 2007). "Two pieces from P-I Writer in Residence Rebecca Brown". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  7. ^ "Award-winning author Rebecca Brown to speak at Goddard College". Goddard College. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  8. ^ Robbins, Jefferson (2013-09-17). "Rebecca Brown on Working in Varied Art Forms, Developing a Distinct Style". Humanities Washington. Retrieved 2021-08-03.