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Monday, January 16, 2012
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BIO:
James O'Brien‘s poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. His fiction is forthcoming in Mixer and Margin Walker. In 2012, his poem 'first they get distracted' received commendation in the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry prize. In 2011, his short story "Bing Red" won second prize in The Pinch's Literary Awards, he was a finalist for Fulton Prize in Short Fiction and also the Santa Fe Writers Project Poetry Awards, and he was named a Writing Fellow at the St. Botolph Club, in Boston.
James O’Brien is a Ph.D. candidate at the Editorial Institute at Boston University, researching Bob Dylan's other-than-song writings — focusing on unpublished works and those writings given only limited distribution. His dissertation adviser is Christopher Ricks. His work on a previously unknown early recording of "Talkin' World War III Blues" appeared in the winter 2011 issue of ISIS (no. 159). O'Brien has presented on Dylan's poetry, as well as Dylan in film, in the U.S., the UK, and Canada. In collaboration with Ray Carney, O'Brien is writing an annotated bibliography of works about the filmmaker John Cassavetes for Oxford University Press.
In addition to reporting and writing as a news and features correspondent for The Boston Globe, The Consumer Chronicle, and Boston University's Research magazine, O'Brien blogs for numerous clients on topics that include: film, social media, technology, marketing, business, and design.
