Brian Bouldrey
Associate Professor of Instruction
- b-bouldrey@northwestern.edu
- 847-491-5595
- University Hall 023
- Office Hours: Tuesday 2-3, Wednesday 10-11, and by appointment
Biography
Brian Bouldrey, is the author, most recently, of Good in Bed (ReQueered Books, 2023). His novel The Good Pornographer will be published in early 2026 by University of Wisconsin Press. He has written three other nonfiction books; Honorable Bandit: A Walk Across Corsica (University of Wisconsin Press, September 2007), Monster: Adventures in American Machismo (Council Oak Books), and The Autobiography Box (Chronicle Books); three other novels, The Genius of Desire (Ballantine), Love, the Magician (Harrington Park), and The Boom Economy (University of Wisconsin Press), and he is the editor of several anthologies. He is recipient of Fellowships from Yaddo and Eastern Frontier Society, and the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, as well as the Joseph Henry Jackson Award from the San Francisco Foundation, a Lambda Literary Award, and the Western Regional Magazine Award. In the 2025-26 school year, he serves as artist-in-residence for South 85 Journal, the literary magazine for Converse University MFA Program. Teaches fiction, creative nonfiction, and literature.
Specializations
Creative Writing Fiction, Creative Writing Nonfiction
Books
