Savannah Brown

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Born
Savannah Christine Brown

21 July 1996 (age 25)
Cleveland, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Occupation
  • Poet
  • Author
Years active2011-present
Websitewww.savbrown.com

Savannah Brown (born 21 July 1996) is an American poet and author.

Early life

Brown was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] She credits the poems of Edgar Allan Poe and her eleventh grade English teacher for cultivating her interest in poetry.[2] She graduated from Wadsworth High School in 2014 then shortly after moved to London.[1]

Career

Brown gained prominence after videos of her performing original poems, one exploring the topic of self-love and another about female sexuality, went viral.[3][4]

At age 19 Brown Self-publishing a collection of poetry titled Gratffiti (and other poems) which was a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards.[5][6] In 2020 she released a second poetry collection called Sweetdark.[7] Writing about Sweetdark for i-D, Jenna Mahale notes the collection "explores how we live vulnerably, pleasurably, and chaotically at the end of the world".[7] In Redbrick (newspaper), Sam Wait states "Brown has succeeded in writing a collection that, though deeply personal, is universally relatable".[8] Of her poetry, Brown has said "I’m interested in acknowledging that so many small and human things are happening while out of frame there’s, like, a star collapsing".[9] In Our Culture Mag|Our Culture Magazine, Konstantinos Pappis describes Brown's work as having "a mix of wry self-awareness and earnest sincerity".[10]

It was announced in 2018 that Brown had signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House.[11] The first book was published in 2019, a Young adult fiction|young adult Thriller (genre)|thriller called The Truth About Keeping Secrets about a teenager dealing with intense grief after the sudden death of her father.[12] Brown has said the story was inspired by her own fear of death.[13] The book was generally well-received, a review from Kirkus Reviews|Kirkus citing it as a "captivatingly moody, introspective drama".[14] Writing for Booklist, Rob Bittner says Brown's debut "will satisfy fans of mystery who yearn for a proverbial path of breadcrumbs leading to a hopeful, satisfying conclusion".[15] Her second novel The Things We Don't See was released in 2021.[16] Brown's novels are recognized for their LGBT protagonists.[17]

In 2019 Brown started a 30-day poetry challenge called Escapril in which participants are tasked to write an original poem every day of April, which she still runs annually.[18][19] More than 90,000 poems have been written for the event since.[9]

Brown has also acted as a judge for the National Poetry Day competition run in collaboration with Arts Council England and Poetry Society|The Poetry Society.[20]

Personal life

Brown identifies as Bisexuality|bisexual.[21]

Bibliography

Collections

  • Graffiti (and other poems) (2016)
  • Sweetdark (2020)

Novels

  • The Truth About Keeping Secrets (Penguin Random House, 2019)
  • The Things We Don't See (Penguin Random House, 2021)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Canning-Dean, Emily. "WHS grad publishes novel with Penguin Random House". The Post Newspapers. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. Shunyata, Kaiya (2020-10-08). "Sci-fi, Inspirations and Sweetdark: A Conversation with Savannah Brown". obscur. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. Schugart, Annie (2014-06-20). "How This YouTube Star Took Down The Haters In An Epic Slam Poem". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. Gladwell, Hattie (2016-01-26). "Woman goes viral after making brilliant video entitled 'I'm a slut'". Metro. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  5. Fitzgerald, Clare (4 February 2016). "Savannah Brown to Release Book of Poetry". TenEighty. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  6. Mitchell, Julia (21 November 2016). "Savannah Brown Reaches Goodreads Choice Awards Final". TenEighty. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mahale, Jenna (2020-10-12). "The poet articulating your deepest existential fears". i-D. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  8. Wait, Sam (2020-09-26). "Review: Sweetdark by Savannah Brown". Redbrick. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Gupta, Saachi (3 August 2021). "Exploring the Intimacy of Privacy, Savannah Brown Talks "The Things We Don't See," Social Media & More". The Luna Collective. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  10. Pappis, Konstantinos (2020-12-05). ""In the Curl of an Infinity": Existential Wonder in Savannah Brown's 'Sweetdark'". Our Culture. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  11. Eyre, Charlotte (9 March 2018). "Poet Savannah Brown pens YA thriller". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  12. Brown, Savannah. "The Truth About Keeping Secrets". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  13. "Savannah Brown discusses her debut novel, The Truth About Keeping Secrets and why she writes YA". United By Pop. 2019-03-09. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  14. THE TRUTH ABOUT KEEPING SECRETS. Kirkus Review. 2020.
  15. Bittner, Rob. "Truth about Keeping Secrets, by Savannah Brown". Booklist.
  16. Brown, Savannah. "The Things We Don't See". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  17. Adler, Dahlia. "30 LGBTQ YA Books You'll Absolutely Want To Pick Up This Spring". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  18. Belcher, Sara (2021-04-02). "This Young Writer Is Behind Escapril — Write a Poem Every Day in April". Distractify. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  19. Anne, Kelly (24 February 2019). "Savannah Brown Announces 30-Day Poetry Challenge". TenEighty.
  20. "Speak Your Truth Poem". National Poetry Day. 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  21. Griffin, Louise. "Can YouTube Combat Bisexual Erasure?". TenEighty.

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