Biography of author lee a brown

American poet and book publisher

Lee Ann Brown (born 1963) is an American poet and book publisher. She has published several volumes of poetry in addition to being the founder of Tender Buttons Press, a poetry press dedicated to publishing experimental women's poetry.

Early life and education

Brown was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan in 1963 and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[1] She attended Brown University for both her undergraduate and master's degrees.^[2]

Career

Brown founded Tender Buttons Press in 1989.^[3] The press's first publication was Bernadette Mayer’s book The Sonnets.^[4] The press has since released over a dozen books.^[3] At the 2019 Firecracker Awards for independent publishers, the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses gave Brown the Lord Nose Award, which recognizes a "lifetime of publishing."^[5]

Brown's first poetry collection, titled Polyverse and published A.

Lee Brown (Author of THE VARSITY) - Goodreads NES