Brian Gresko (they/he) is a writer, illustrator, and educator based in Brooklyn. They identify as white, queer, and gender non-conforming/nonbinary. Their work has appeared on Slate, Longreads, The Literary Hub, The Atlantic, The Rumpus, the L.A. Review of Books, and in Poets & Writers magazine, among numerous other publications. In 2014, Gresko edited the anthology When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood (Penguin). They co-run the esteemed Pete's Reading Series in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and during the 2020 quarantine hosted The Antibody, an online reading and conversation series. For over ten years, Brian has led workshops and classes at organizations including Catapult, Sackett Street Writing Workshops, The Center for Fiction, Jericho Writers, and the New York Public Library. They are a founding member of Writing Co-Lab, an artist-owned teaching cooperative. Brian received an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School, and graduated from Oberlin College as a first-generation college student with a self-designed, cross-disciplinary major entitled "Narrativity in Film."
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Recent Publications
In the issue of Poets & Writers magazine on newsstands now, Brian penned the cover story, a profile of novelist R. O. Kwon (print only)
Brian was interviewed about weirdness, queerness, creativity, and community building on the Rewilding newsletter
Up on Electric Literature, Brian interviewed Emily Raboteau about her essay collection Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “The Apocalypse”
Brian published their first comic on The Rumpus, Queer as Family
Pete’s Reading Series
Pete’s Reading Series is back on the stage of Pete’s Candy Store. To learn about upcoming shows, follow the series on Instagram