Brian Turner is an American poet and the winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for poetry.
From Fresno, California, Turner has seen his poems published in Poetry Daily, Atlanta Review, Crab Orchard Review, Georgia Review, Rattle, and ZYZZYVA. His poems have also appeared in the Voices in Wartime anthology. He received the Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection, Here, Bullet, published by Alice James Books.
Turner is an MFA graduate of the University of Oregon and a U.S. Army veteran. He was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq beginning November 2003, with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. In 1999 and 2000 he was with the 10th Mountain Division, deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Before his military service, Turner lived in South Korea for a year.
The U.S. poet Brian Turner should not be confused with a New Zealand poet of the same name. The poets Brian Turner should not be confused with the drummer for the Seattle-based band Schoolyard Heroes nor with the well-known chef, who also bear that name.
Print resource
- Goodyear, Dana. "Ink: War Poet" (Talk of the Town). The New Yorker. Nov. 14, 2005. pg. 39.
External links
- Interview with Brian Turner [1]
- New York Foundation for the Arts [2]
- Review of Turner in the New Yorker [3]
- Review of Turner in rhubarb is susan [4]