J. Scott Brownlee
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J. Scott Brownlee earned his BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin and his MS in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Hayden's Ferry Review, RATTLE, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Writers' Bloc (Rutgers), Windhover (NC State), and elsewhere. Involved with several literary journal start-ups, he co-founded Hothouse with Michigan MFA student Paula Mendoza-Hanna and The Raleigh Review with NC State MFA student Robert Greene. His current writing project, County Lines: The Llano Poems, explores small-town life in the Texas Hill Country.
Although not a veteran himself, Brownlee identifies with the social and political circumstances contemporary veterans face, particularly the men and women from his hometown who have fought (and continue to fight) in the United States Military. His poetry often explores the necessary role their voices play in contemporary discussions of what it means to "be an American"—as well as how these voices continue to be side-stepped, forgotten, and—perhaps most troubling—ignored by the modern canon.
Winning Entry: Elegy for Soldier Who Returned Without A Voice From the War in Iraq
Contest Won: War Poetry Contest 2011, Finalist
