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Brian Teare
Teare reading at Fall for the Book (2023)
Born1974 (age 51–52)
Athens, Georgia, US
Education
Writing career
Notable awards
Websitebrianteare.net

Brian Teare (born 1974) is an American poet. He is the author of The Room Where I Was Born (2003), Sight Map (2009), Pleasure (2010), Companion Grasses (2013), The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven (2015), Doomstead Days (2019) and Poem Bitten by a Man (2023). Teare is queer.[1]

Early life and education

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Brian Teare was born in Athens, Georgia in 1974, and grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[2] He received a Bachelor of Arts in English and creative writing from the University of Alabama, then a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University Bloomington in 2000.[1][3]

Career

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Teare has taught creative writing in the San Francisco Bay Area and at Temple University. As of 2021, he was an associate professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia.[1]

Teare published his debut poetry collection, The Room Where I Was Born, with University of Wisconsin Press in 2003.[4] The collection won the 2003 Thom Gunn Award and Brittingham Prize in Poetry.[5]

In 2008, Teare founded the micropress Albion Books.[3]

Teare's second poetry collection, Sight Map, was published by the University of California Press in 2009.[6]

In 2010, Teare published Pleasure with Ahsahta Press.[7] The collection won the 2011 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry,[8] and was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award for Poetry.[9]

Companion Grasses, Teare's fourth poetry collection, was published with Omnidawn Publishing in 2013.[10] Slate named it one of the year's best books of poetry.[11] The following year, it was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry.[2][3][12]

Teare's fifth poetry collection, The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven, was published by Ahsahta Press in 2015.[13][14]

Doomstead Days, Teare's sixth poetry collection, was published by Nightboat Books in 2019.[15] That year, it was longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry.[16][17] In 2020, Doomstead Days won the Four Quartets Prize[18] and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award,[3] Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry,[19][20] and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.[21]

Teare's seventh poetry collection, Poem Bitten by a Man, was published by Nightboat Books in 2023.[22][23][24] In 2024, the collection won the William Carlos Williams Award,[25] and was a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award.[26] It was also nominated for the 2024 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award,[27] though Teare withdrew the book from consideration, along with several other authors, due to the organization's response to the Gaza war.[28]

Awards and honors

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Teare has received the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship (2015), Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing,[29] Guggenheim Fellowship (2020),[18] American Antiquarian Society Fellowship and MacDowell Colony residency.[1]

Awards for Teare's writing
Title Year Award Result Ref.
The Room Where I Was Born 2003 Brittingham Prize in Poetry Winner [5]
Thom Gunn Award Winner [5]
Pleasure 2011 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Winner [8]
Northern California Book Award for Poetry Finalist [9]
Companion Grasses 2014 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist [2][3]
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [12]
Doomstead Days 2019 National Book Award for Poetry Longlist [16][17]
2020 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist [3]
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [19][20]
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Finalist [21]
"Toxics Release Inventory (Essay on Man)", from Doomstead Days Four Quartets Prize Winner [30]
Poem Bitten by a Man 2024 Thom Gunn Award Finalist [26]
William Carlos Williams Award Winner [31]

Books

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  • The Room Where I Was Born. University of Wisconsin Press. 2003.
  • Sight Map. University of California Press. 2009.
  • Pleasure. Ahsahta Press. 2010.
  • Companion Grasses. Omnidawn Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-1-890650-79-7.
  • The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven. Ahsahta Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1-934103-62-3.
  • Doomstead Days. Nightboat Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1-64362-002-2.
  • Poem Bitten by a Man. Nightboat Books. 2023. ISBN 978-1-64362-210-1.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Gyamfi, Brian (November 29, 2021). "The Ecological Part of Gender: An Interview with Brian Teare". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Brian Teare". The Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brian Teare". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  4. ↑ Settlemyre Williams, Susan (Fall 2004). "Review | The Room Where I Was Born, by Brian Teare". Blackbird. 3 (2). Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 DelVecchio, Rick (May 21, 2004). "Oakland: Award-winning poetry born of pain". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  6. ↑ Teare, Brian (2009). Sight Map. University of California Press.
  7. ↑ "Pleasure by Brian Teare". Publishers Weekly. September 27, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Lee, Stephan (May 27, 2011). "Lambda Literary Awards". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Book news and notes, March 6". San Francisco Chronicle. March 6, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  10. ↑ Reviews:
  11. ↑ "Favorite Books of 2013 | Poetry from Slate". PEN America. December 29, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Lambda Literary. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  13. ↑ "The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven by Brian Teare". Publishers Weekly. December 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 9, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  14. ↑ Hoffert, Barbara (November 15, 2015). "The Empty Form Goes All the Way". Library Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  15. ↑ Reviews:
  16. 1 2 "Awards: George Washington Winner; NBA for Poetry Longlist; Baillie Gifford Longlist". Shelf Awareness. September 10, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  17. 1 2 Hoffert, Barbara (September 23, 2019). "National Book Award Longlists Introduce Newcomers, Bear Witness". Library Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  18. 1 2 "Brian Teare". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  19. 1 2 Hart, Michelle (March 10, 2020). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  20. 1 2 Yee, Katie (March 10, 2020). "Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  21. 1 2 Maher, John (January 13, 2020). "NBCC Awards Finalists Announced". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Poem Bitten by a Man". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  23. ↑ Vincler, John (November 13, 2023). "A Fine Gray Seething". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Poem Bitten by a Man by Brian Teare". Publishers Weekly. October 3, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Award Winners". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  26. 1 2 "2024 Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists Announced". The Publishing Triangle. March 18, 2024. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists". PEN America. April 8, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  28. ↑ Marcos, Coral Murphy (April 22, 2024). "PEN America cancels 2024 awards after authors drop out over Gaza". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Brian Teare". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  30. ↑ "Awards: Whiting, Four Quartets Winners". Shelf Awareness. March 26, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  31. ↑ "Brian Teare | Creative Writing Program". University of Virginia. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
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