Louis Daniel Brodsky

Louis Daniel Brodsky was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1941. He attended St. Louis Country Day School. After earning a B.A., magna cum laude, at Yale University in 1963, he received an M.A. in English from Washington University in 1967 and an M.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University the following year. He married Jan Hofmann July 8, 1970 and had two children.

From 1968 to 1987, while continuing to write poetry, he assisted in managing a 350-person men's-clothing factory in Farmington, Missouri, and started one of the Midwest's first factory-outlet apparel chains. From 1980 to 1991, he taught English and creative writing, part-time, at Mineral Area College, in nearby Flat River. From 1987 onward, he lived in St. Louis, with his wife and his daughter and son, and devoted himself to composing poems and short fictions.

Brodsky authored eighty-four volumes of poetry (five of which have been published in French by Éditions Gallimard) and twenty-five volumes of prose, including nine books of scholarship on William Faulkner and nine books of short fictions. His poems and essays have appeared in Harper’s, Faulkner Journal, Southern Review, Texas Quarterly, National Forum, American Scholar, Studies in Bibliography, Kansas Quarterly, Forum, Cimarron Review, and Literary Review, as well as in Ariel, Acumen, Orbis, New Welsh Review, Dalhousie Review, and other journals. His work has also been printed in five editions of the Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry.

Brodsky's You Can’t Go Back, Exactly won the Center for Great Lakes Culture's, Michigan State University 2004 best book of poetry award.

His most recent books of poetry include A Mississippi Trilogy and The Words of My Mouth and The Meditations of My Heart, which he wrote during his year-plus-long journey living with brain cancer. He died of cancer in June 2014.

You can learn more about Louis Daniel Brodsky and read samples of his most recent work by visiting his web site at: http://www.louisdanielbrodsky.com

1. The Brodsky Collection. Center for Faulkner Studies Site, Southeast Missouri State University
2. Louis Daniel Brodsky. Louis Daniel Brodsky Site
3. Time Being Books. Time Being Books Site
4. Brodsky, Louis Daniel. "Rearview Mirror" and "Death Comes to the Salesman." Harper's Magazine 260 March 1980: 22.
5. Brodsky, Louis Daniel. "'Elder Watson in Heaven': Poet Faulkner as Satirist." The Faulkner Journal I Fall 1985: 2–7; "'Pappy' Faulkner's Recipe for Curing Pork." The Faulkner Journal II Fall 1986: 73–74; "Faulkner's Wounded Art: The Aftermath of Hollywood and World War II." The Faulkner Journal II Spring 1987: 55–66.
6. Brodsky, Louis D. "William Faulkner: Poet at Large." The Southern Review VIII Fall 1982: 767-775; "Manager of Outlet Stores," "Joseph K.," and "Between Connections." The Southern Review 18 Winter 1982: 175–178; "A Day in the Life of Willy Sypher" and "Résumé of a Scrapegoat." The Southern Review 19 Spring 1983: 366–369; "Willy's Southern Route" and "Between Seasons." The Southern Review 20 Autumn 1984: 890–893; "Reflections on William Faulkner: An Interview with Albert I. Bezzerides." The Southern Review 21 Spring 1985: 376–403; "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" and "Young Willy Services Two Major Accounts." The Southern Review 22 Summer 1986: 558–559; "Faulkner's Life Masks." The Southern Review 22 Autumn 1986: 738–765; "Faulkner and the Racial Crisis, 1956." The Southern Review 24 Autumn 1988: 791–807; "The Faulkners, the Franklins, and the Fieldens: A Conversation with Victoria Fielden Johnson." The Southern Review 25 Winter 1989: 95-131
7. Brodsky, Louis Daniel. "A Sky filled With Trees." The American Scholar 17 March 1978
8. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. "Faulkner's 'L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune': The Evolution of a Poem." Studies in Bibliography, Volume Thirty-Three. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1980. 254–263; "Additional Manuscripts of Faulkner's 'A Dead Dancer.'" Studies in Bibliography, Volume Thirty-Four. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1981. 267–270; "The Autograph Manuscripts of Faulkner's 'The Lilacs.'" Studies in Bibliography, Volume Thirty-Six. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1983. 240–252; "The Textual Development of Faulkner's 'Wash.'" Studies in Bibliography, Volume Thirty-Seven. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1984. 248–281; "A Textual History of Faulkner's 'The Wishing-Tree' and 'The Wishing Tree.'" Studies in Bibliography, Volume Thirty-Eight. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1985. 330–374; "The 1961 Andrés Bello Award: William Faulkner's Original Acceptance Speech." Studies in Bibliography, Volume Thirty-Nine. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1986. 277–281; "William Faulkner's 'Impressions' of 'Danzas Venezuela': The Original Manuscripts." Studies in Bibliography, Volume Forty. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1987. 226–229; " William Faulkner's 1962 Gold Medal Speech." Studies in Bibliography, Volume Forty-One. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1988. 315–321.
9. Brodsky, Louis Daniel. "My Flying Machine," "Buffalo," and "Weeding in January." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1980. 45–46; "Death Comes to a Salesman," "Ancestry," and "In Bib Overalls, Work Shirt, and Boots." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1981. 49–51; "A Day in the Life of Willy Sypher," "Redbuds," and "Great-Grandmother." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1984. 55–57; "Willy's Southern Route" and "Inundation." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1985. 46–48; "Young Willy Services Two Major Accounts" and "A Renewal of Faith." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1986–1988. 62–64.
10. The Center for Great Lakes Culture. The Center for Great Lakes Culture Site Michigan State University
11. Time Being Books. Time Being Books Site
12. Robert Hamblin. Robert Hamblin Site
13. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. Selections from the William Faulkner Collection of Louis Daniel Brodsky: A Descriptive Catalogue. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1979.
14. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume I: The Biobibliography. Jackson: The University of Virginia Press, 1982.
15. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume II: The Letters. Jackson: The University Press of Mississippi, 1984.
16. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume III: The De Gaulle Story. Jackson: The University Press of Mississippi, 1984.
17. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume IV: Battle Cry. Jackson: The University Press of Mississippi, 1985.
18. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection, Volume V: Manuscripts and Documents. Jackson and London: The University Press of Mississippi, 1989.
19. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin, editors. Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen by William Faulkner. Jackson and London: The University Press of Mississippi, 1987.
20. Brodsky, Louis Daniel, and Robert W. Hamblin, editors. Stallion Road: A Screenplay by William Faulkner. Jackson and London: The University Press of Mississippi, 1989.
21. Brodsky, Louis Daniel. William Faulkner, Life Glimpses. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1990.

• Louis Daniel Brodsky
• Time Being Books
• Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University