Erik Brown

Erik B. Brown (he/they) is a poet, writing instructor, and PhD student at the University of Georgia. Erik’s current research and writing includes (but not exhaustively) documentary poetry, queer theory, and surrealism.

Erik’s current creative project is a poetry manuscript that documents the homelessness epidemic in Coastal California through Google Maps Street View and explores the troubles of surveillance, representation, and desire. Erik’s poetry was chosen as a semi-finalist for the 2022 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize.

In addition to their academic and creative endeavors, Erik served as the Digital Editor for Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts and has nearly a decade of experience working in nonprofit fundraising and marketing.