Background
Brock, Geoffrey was born on October 19, 1964 in Atlanta. Son of Van K. and Frances R. Brock.
literature and creative writing professor
Brock, Geoffrey was born on October 19, 1964 in Atlanta. Son of Van K. and Frances R. Brock.
He received a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Florida in 1998. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
His poems have been published in Poetry Magazine, Paris Review, PN Review, New England Review, The Hudson Review, and The Best American Poetry 2007. He teaches poetry and translation in the graduate creative writing program at the University of Arkansas.
Brock is married to the writer Padma Viswanathan and they have two children.
Visiting assistant professor University Texas, Dallas, 2001—2002. Wallace Stegner fellow, poetry Stanford University, California, 2002—2004. Associate professor University Arkansas, Fayetteville, since 2005.
Member of Association Writers and Writing Programs, American Literature Translators Association (board member 2001-2004).
Married Padma Viswanathan. Children: Ravi Keats, Mira Francesca.