Exit Pursued by a Bear is the fifth collection of Gaylord Brewer's macabre yet tender poetry. Exploring the dark aspects of human experience with an unsettling ease, Brewer mines both humor and profound insight through his jaunty, understated lines.
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While his narrators rarely forget their ultimate fate, they are blessed with insight enough to admire the exquisite properties of the very waters that drown them. ... Brewer is a singular talent. --Nashville Scene
Gaylord Brewer writes elegiac poems of a man uneasy in an easy world. ... That the lightning might strike close to home or the disaster might be lurking inside is contemplated again and again amidst the gorgeous landscapes of autumn. --Barbara Hamby
It's impossible for Gaylord Brewer to write a dull poem. ... His wry humor is the way he burrows into, through, and out the other side of the most serious issues, which gives these poems the perspective of a Zen monk on martinis. --William Greenway
Gaylord Brewer writes elegiac poems of a man uneasy in an easy world. ... That the lightning might strike close to home or the disaster might be lurking inside is contemplated again and again amidst the gorgeous landscapes of autumn. --Barbara Hamby
It's impossible for Gaylord Brewer to write a dull poem. ... His wry humor is the way he burrows into, through, and out the other side of the most serious issues, which gives these poems the perspective of a Zen monk on martinis. --William Greenway
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Gaylord Brewer is a professor at Middle Tennessee State University, where he founded and edits the literary journal Poems & Plays. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and earned a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. His most recent books are the comic novella Octavius the 1st (Red Hen, 2008) and an eighth collection of poetry, Give Over, Graymalkin (Red Hen, 2011). He has published over 800 poems in journals and anthologies, such as Best American Poetry and The Bedford Introduction to Literature, and is also a widely published literary critic and produced playwright. He has taught in England, Russia, Kenya, and the Czech Republic.
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