Brenda Iijima

Brenda Iijima was born in the hilly town of North Adams, Massachusetts. She is the author of Around Sea (O Books), revv. you’ll—ution (Displaced Press), and If Not Metamorphic (Ahsahta Press) as well as numerous chapbooks and artist’s books. She is the editor of the eco language reader (Nightboat Books and PP@YYL). Currently she is working on a body of work titled Some Simple Things Said by and About Humans—a chronicle of how humans have used animals as surrogates. She is also doing research on women who were murdered in North Adams during the 1970’s when she was growing up there. She is the editor of Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs.

• Galatea Resurrection review by John Bloomberg-Rissman. December 2008.
• Jacket Magazine review by Thomas Fink. Autumn 2008.
• Midwest Book Review by Susan Bethany. November 2007.
• Every Other Day review. September 2007.
• Cross-Cultural Poetics interview with Leonard Schwartz. September 2007.