Evan Brooke
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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
Fall 2026!
June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Books change lives. Small minds = big, stupid fears.
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 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.
November 22, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Erasure poem.
November 21, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Distraction from that book research.
September 15, 2023 at 5:01 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.”
September 12, 2023 at 4:07 PM