Drew Bratcher, M.F.A.

Biography

Drew Bratcher is a writer and editor from Nashville. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, The Oxford American, County Highway, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Nowhere Magazine, Garden & Gun, Image Journal, The Washingtonian, and many other publications. He has taught nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa, American University, and Wheaton College, where he is an associate professor of English. About his first book, "Bub," an essay collection about growing up under the influence of his grandfather and country music, Publishers Weekly wrote, “This collection sings.” Bratcher is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and received his MFA from the University of Iowa. He lives outside Chicago with his wife, four kids, and a dog named Billy Faulkner.

Education

University of Iowa
M.F.A., Creative Writing, 2016

University of Missouri
B.J., Journalism, 2005

Areas of Interest

• Essays
• Arts Criticism
• Reporting
• Memoir
• Photography

Courses Taught

• Creative Writing
• Creative Nonfiction
• Writing About Culture
• Journalism
• First-Year Writing
• Senior Seminar