Tony Brewer [email protected] 1218 West Sixth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47404 812-325-4768 _____________________________________________________________________________ EMPLOYMENT + APPOINTMENTS 2018-present Treasurer, Writers Guild at Bloomington, a 501(c)(3) arts organization 2017-present Producer, with Joan Hawkins, Writers Guild Spoken Word Series co-sponsored by the Writers Guild at Bloomington 2016-2017 Festival Director, Slam Camp: A Performance Poetry Intensive, Indiana University School of Education, Dept. of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education 2014-present Reader & Literary Consultant, Cricket’s Bone Caravan audio troupe, for Books Unbound on WFHB and Anthology on WFIU Public Radio and for independent broadcasts/podcasts 2014-2018 Chairman, Writers Guild at Bloomington, a 501(c)(3) arts organization 2014-present Board Member, The Burroughs Century, Ltd., a 501(c)(3) organization that produces and promotes experimental multimedia performance and scholarship in Bloomington, Indiana, and the Midwest under the name Wounded Galaxies 2014-present Poetry Out Loud competition judge, Bloomington High School South 2013-2016 Poetry Out Loud competition judge, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN 2012-2014 Steering committee member, Writers Guild representative, Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington 2012-present Board Member, Krampus Legend & Arts Workshop, producers of Bloomington Krampus Night 2011-present Executive Director, Writers Guild Spoken Word Stage, Fourth Street Festival of Arts and Crafts, Bloomington IN 2008-present Associate producer, co-writer, and live sound effects artist, Firehouse Follies live variety show broadcast/podcast, WFHB Community Radio 2008-present Reservoir Dogwoods, all-Indiana touring poetry performance troupe 2004-2006 The Pie Cutters, Bloomington touring poetry slam team 2004-2005 Producer and host, A Cycle of Poets, 30-min poetry programs of field recordings at open mics, slams, and feature readings around Indiana and the Midwest, WFHB Community Radio 2004 Stendhal’s Syndrome, Bloomington touring poetry performance troupe 2003-2006 Recording Engineer, The Linen of Words poetry program, WFHB Community Radio 2001-2010 Co-founder, Slam Master, MATRIX Poetry Slam, first poetry slam in Indiana 2001-2010 Copyeditor and proofreader, Educational Horizons, a professional journal by and for teacher candidates, graduate students in education, and early career teachers 2000-2002 Produced and hosted MATRIX Poetry Series sponsored by MATRIX & Bloomington Area Arts Council, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington IN 2000-present Freelance copyediting, layout, and design dba The Same Page Literary Services 1999 Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, MATRIX vol. 1, nos. 1-4 (September-December) 1998-2010 Founder, MATRIX: a space for literary and visual arts, a 501(c)(3) arts collective 1996-present Book Compositor, Indiana University Press ________________________________________________________________________ Tony Brewer [email protected] 1218 West Sixth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47404 812-325-4768 _____________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION 2004 Certified adult literacy tutor, Owen County Indiana Learning Network 1993 BA in English with a concentration in creative writing, Indiana University- Bloomington TEACHING + CLASSROOM + WORKSHOPS 2019 Feb-Mar Judged National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Competition 19 Feb Feature reading and class talk, Ivy Tech Madison IN 2018 Feb-Mar Judged National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Competition 2017 Feb-Mar InDesign instruction for Mêtis, Ivy Tech Bloomington literary magazine 26 Jan Judged Poetry Out Loud competition, Bloomington South High School 2016 May Evaluated poetry class recitations, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN 31 Mar Evaluated poetry class recitations, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN 12 Feb Evaluated poetry class recitations, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN, Bloomington IN 21 Jan Judged Poetry Out Loud competition, Bloomington South High School 2015 13-14 Apr Facilitated poetry workshop, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN 3 Apr Evaluated poetry class recitations, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN, Bloomington IN 5 Feb Evaluated poetry class recitations, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN, Bloomington IN 22 Jan Judged Poetry Out Loud competition, Bloomington High South School 2014 11 Oct Poetry reading and presentation, with Reservoir Dogwoods, Indiana Federation of Poetry Clubs, Clifty Falls SP retreat, Madison IN 2012 9 Apr Sound FX class for unit on Radio Theatre, Creative Writing Dept., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2011 26 Feb Sound FX class for unit on Modern Audio Theatre, Ivy Tech, Bloomington IN ________________________________________________________________________ Tony Brewer [email protected] 1218 West Sixth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47404 812-325-4768 _____________________________________________________________________________ 2010 22 Apr IUPUC classroom poetry instruction/performance, Columbus IN March 25 Oct Southmont Jr-Sr High School poetry instruction/performance, Crawfordsville IN 10 Apr Southmont Jr-Sr High School poetry instruction/performance, Crawfordsville IN OTHER TEACHING + CLASSROOM + WORKSHOPS 2013-present Workshop 101, HEAR Now Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, Kansas City MO 2012-2016 Contest judge and poetry workshop, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, Bloomington IN 2008 InDesign CS3, Ivy Tech Community College 2006-2010 Principles of Layout and Graphic Design, Indiana University Continuing Studies 2004-2006 Adult Literacy Tutor, Owen County Learning Network 2001-2012 Live sound effects performance techniques and instruction, National Audio Theatre Festivals, West Plains MO PUBLICATIONS Poetry - Books Homunculus (Dos Madres Press, 2019) Hot Type Cold Read (Chatter House Press, 2013) Little Glove in a Big Hand (chapbook, Plan B Press, 2010) last speakers of a dead language shut up, limited-edition accordion-fold art book collaboration with metal artist Lucia Bennett (ModaIndustria.com), 64” x 10” water jet-cut aircraft-grade aluminum, copper, acrylic, Lucite (2009) Lock Up the Thesaurus! Reservoir Dogwoods tour chapbook (self-published, 2009) Yet to be dismantled, promotional chapbook for Final Wisdom Total Coverage tour, with Joseph Kerschbaum (self-published, 2006) The Great American Scapegoat (self-published, 2006) Family Film, promotional chapbook for The Great American Scapegoat (self-published, 2005) Freaks West A-Go-Go (chapbook, self-published, 1999) Poetry - Anthologies “unputdownable,” in Celebrating Serena Lynn Anneleh Vesely, memorial collection (self- published, 2017) “harbingers,” ekphrastic collaboration, in 1.1.1: 1 Book Buys 1 Bus Pass for 1 Homeless Teen (Vol. 2) ed. Emily Bobo (Bobo Books, 2017) “Cross,” “Hearts and Minds,” in Writers Resist: Hoosier Writers Unite ed. Josh A. Brewer (Chatter House Press, 2017) “Waiting room is to foxhole as confessional is to solitary confinement,” in Hoosier Writers 2011 anthology ed. Lowell R. Torres (iUniverse, 2011) “The Colonists,” in And Know This Place: Poems of Indiana eds. Jenny Kander and Charles Greer (Indiana Historical Society Press, 2011) ________________________________________________________________________ Tony Brewer [email protected] 1218 West Sixth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47404 812-325-4768 _____________________________________________________________________________ “quiet,” in Celebrating Seventy ed. Jenny Kander (wind magazine, 2006) “Anniversary,” “Stats,” “Murder at the Big Pond,” “Women on Currency,” in Fine Wine Mortar: A Matrix Anthology of Literary and Visual Arts: Vol.1 ed. Teri Osborn (MATRIX, 2005) “Indiana Cries for You Every Goddamn Night, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Don’t You Forget It,” in A Linen Weave of Bloomington Poets ed. Jenny Kander (wind magazine, 2002) Poetry - Journals + Zines (print + online + misc.) “Flightless,” ArtistCreating, issue 2 October/November 2018 http://www.itsallart.com/ArtistsCreatingOctNov18.pdf “harbingers,” ekphrastic collaboration, Ekphrastic Review, November 2017 http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/harbingers-by-tony-brewer “ouroboros,” “Trigger Warning,” Tipton Poetry Journal, no. 31, Summer 2016 https://issuu.com/tiptonpoetryjournal/docs/tpj31 “Agents,” “¿Donde esta el baño?,” “Fifth World Problems,” IndianaVoiceJournal.com, 2016 http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/2016/06/three-poems-by-tony-brewer-agents- donde.html “6 lines,” Project 411 by former Indiana Poet Laureate George Kalamaris, http://www.wabashwatershed.com/2015/11/01/project-411-unveiled/ “In dreams,” “messy blessing,” Open 24 Hours, 2015 “O’Hare,” “thankless,” FlyingIsland.com, 2015 http://flyingislandjournal.blogspot.com/2015/05/ohare-poem-by-tony-brewer.html?m=0 http://flyingislandjournal.blogspot.com/2015/06/thankless-poem-by-tony-brewer.html “In other news a peace has broken off,” IndianaHumanities.org, 2015 http://indianahumanities.org/news-peace-broken “4bearance,” RightHandPointing.com, 2014 http://www.righthandpointing.net/78-tony-brewer “Action Figure,” Critic’s Choice award entry, Brick Street Poetry, Tipton Poetry Journal: Christmas at the Creek contest and special issue, Winter 2012 “The Cremation of Voices,” “The Things That Stick,” “Wine Country,” RamshackleReview.com, 2011 http://ramshacklereview.blogspot.com/2011/05/tony-brewer- three-poems-cremation-of.html “20 Christmas