John Bresland

John Bresland
Artist in Residence

University Hall Room 225
Telephone: (847) 467-1761
Fax: (847) 467-1545
E-mail: j-bresland@northwestern.edu



John Bresland (M.F.A. University of Iowa) is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Several of his essays have aired on public radio, while his video essays can now be seen at Ninth Letter and Blackbird online. His print essays have recently appeared in North American Review, Hotel Amerika, Minnesota Monthly and elsewhere. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Tamarack Award for Fiction, a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation fellowship, and was twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Author Website

Publications by John Bresland

Zero Station (video essay)

Watch My Feet (interview and video)

The Cooler (audio and text)

The Seinfeld Analog (video)

Les Cruel Shoes (text and video)

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5 Plus Genres of Chinese Art: Traditional and Contemporary
November 24, 20099:00 AM - 5:00 PM