Evan Brooke
@evanbrooke.bsky.social
Debut novel Fall '26(Atria Books/S&S). Words in Threepenny Review, Northwest Review, Baltimore Review, Cutleaf, CQR.
Forthcoming: Passages North.
Jersey native, Philly resident.
Alum: Bennington Writing Seminars, Bread Loaf, Community of Writers
Forthcoming: Passages North.
Jersey native, Philly resident.
Alum: Bennington Writing Seminars, Bread Loaf, Community of Writers
Pinned
Books change lives. Small minds = big, stupid fears.
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Books change lives. Small minds = big, stupid fears.
I wrote a novel about hard-earned, unconventional friendship, caregiving and taking, living and dying on your own terms, women on Wall Street—and fly fishing. Still a long way to go, but I'm thrilled to share that I've signed with the wondrous agent Natalie Edwards of Trellis Literary Management.
November 22, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I wrote a novel about hard-earned, unconventional friendship, caregiving and taking, living and dying on your own terms, women on Wall Street—and fly fishing. Still a long way to go, but I'm thrilled to share that I've signed with the wondrous agent Natalie Edwards of Trellis Literary Management.
Reposted by Evan Brooke
Gettysburg Review is where I first published "Big Me," one of my favorite stories I've ever written. Their support when I was a young writer made such a huge difference.
Gettysburg College has decided to shut down its prestigious literary magazine, Gettysburg Review, without consultation with the people who run it.
October 4, 2023 at 3:05 PM
Gettysburg Review is where I first published "Big Me," one of my favorite stories I've ever written. Their support when I was a young writer made such a huge difference.
Distraction from that book research.
September 15, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Distraction from that book research.
Book research. Things were looking up for the spinsters in 1903!
“For the benefit of the spinsters in this country, the census office has made a careful reckoning of the number of men in the various States of the Union who are available matrimonially.”
“For the benefit of the spinsters in this country, the census office has made a careful reckoning of the number of men in the various States of the Union who are available matrimonially.”
September 12, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Book research. Things were looking up for the spinsters in 1903!
“For the benefit of the spinsters in this country, the census office has made a careful reckoning of the number of men in the various States of the Union who are available matrimonially.”
“For the benefit of the spinsters in this country, the census office has made a careful reckoning of the number of men in the various States of the Union who are available matrimonially.”
Reposted by Evan Brooke
“All it takes is one irate parent pushing the law to its limits to make an example of you and put you in jail.” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/a448...
Edwidge Danticat on Living and Writing in DeSantis' Florida
In recent legislation in her home state of Florida, Edwidge Danticat hears echoes of the oppressive regimes in Haiti that her family fled.
www.harpersbazaar.com
September 12, 2023 at 7:42 AM
“All it takes is one irate parent pushing the law to its limits to make an example of you and put you in jail.” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/a448...