Poetry. Art. "Through precise and knowledgeable poetry about visual art, Djelloul Marbrook has made a book almost as good as visiting a museum. In fact, the poems here about museums, galleries, and studios are as penetrating as the ones about the art. Marbrook has lived in a world inhabited by paintings (both his mother and his aunt were noted painters) and these poems testify to years of careful seeing. BRUSHSTROKES AND GLANCES is an intimate book, rich with sly humor, sharp detail, and deep engagement. I will see my own favorite works of art with new attention for having read these beautiful poems."—Maggie Anderson

Author City: GERMANTOWN, NY USA

Djelloul Marbrook's book of poems, Far from Algiers (Kent State University Press, 2008) won the 2007 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize and the 2010 International Book Award in poetry. It has been reviewed in Prairie Schooner, Rattle, Literal Latté, The Linchpin, Boxcar Poetry, and others. His story "Artists' Hill," from an unpublished novel, won the Literal Latté fiction prize in 2008. A novel, Artemisia's Wolf, is forthcoming from Prakash Books (India) in 2011. Recent poems have been published by American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Oberon, Orbis, Reed, The Same, The Ledge, Poemeleon, Poets Against the War, Hot Metal Bridge, Istanbul Literary Review, Arabesques, Damazine, and Attic. He worked for many years as a reporter and editor for newspapers including the Providence Journal, Elmira Star-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, Winston-Salem Journal, Washington Star, and others. He lives in New York's mid-Hudson Valley with his wife Marilyn.

Reviews and Other Links
author site
Tom Holmes @ The Line Break
Sima Rabinowitz @ NewPages
audio: Paul Elisha speaks with Djelloul Marbrook about his new collection @ WAMC/Northeast Public Radio
Alysha Hoffa @ Atticus Review