Charles Harper Webb has published twelve books of poetry, including Brain Camp. Webb’s awards in poetry include the Morse Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, the Felix Pollock Prize, and the Benjamin Saltman Prize. Webb is Professor of English at California State University, Long Beach, where he teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program.

His unique sidebend slant finds both the humor in the absurdity of our daily lives, and the heart that sustains us through that absurdity. The genius of Webb's poetry is the flurry of synapses that go off on every page—it's pure joy to read his work, to try to keep up with him.

Charles Harper Webb has published twelve books of poetry, including Brain Camp. Webb’s awards in poetry include the Morse Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, the Felix Pollock Prize, and the Benjamin Saltman Prize. Webb is Professor of English at California State University, Long Beach, where he teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program.

His unique sidebend slant finds both the humor in the absurdity of our daily lives, and the heart that sustains us through that absurdity. The genius of Webb's poetry is the flurry of synapses that go off on every page—it's pure joy to read his work, to try to keep up with him.

Charles Harper Webb has published twelve books of poetry, including Brain Camp. Webb’s awards in poetry include the Morse Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, the Felix Pollock Prize, and the Benjamin Saltman Prize. Webb is Professor of English at California State University, Long Beach, where he teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program.

His unique sidebend slant finds both the humor in the absurdity of our daily lives, and the heart that sustains us through that absurdity. The genius of Webb's poetry is the flurry of synapses that go off on every page—it's pure joy to read his work, to try to keep up with him.