Shirley J. Brewer (Baltimore MD) is a poet, educator, and workshop facilitator. She serves as poet-in-residence at Carver Center for the Arts & Technology and on the board of directors of Passager Books.
A Pushcart Prize nominee, her poems garnish Barrow Street, Passager, Gargoyle, Poetry East, Slant, Welter, among other journals and anthologies. Shirley’s poetry books include A Little Breast Music (Passager Books), After Words (Apprentice House Press), and Bistro in Another Realm (Main Street Rag). Her fourth poetry collection, Wild Girls was published by Apprentice House Press in June, 2023. Shirley’s poems are part of the Lunar Codex program, and are currently on the moon! Shirley recently won 3rd prize in Beullah Rose Poetry Contest, sponsored by Smartish Pace.
Her newest book of poems, Goddess of Swizzle, was published by Apprentice House on April 7, 2026.
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Shirley J. Brewer (Baltimore MD) is a poet, educator, and workshop facilitator. She serves as poet-in-residence at Carver Center for the Arts & Technology and on the board of directors of Passager Books.
A Pushcart Prize nominee, her poems garnish Barrow Street, Passager, Gargoyle, Poetry East, Slant, Welter, among other journals and anthologies. Shirley’s poetry books include A Little Breast Music (Passager Books), After Words (Apprentice House Press), and Bistro in Another Realm (Main Street Rag). Her fourth poetry collection, Wild Girls was published by Apprentice House Press in June, 2023. Shirley’s poems are part of the Lunar Codex program, and are currently on the moon! Shirley recently won 3rd prize in Beullah Rose Poetry Contest, sponsored by Smartish Pace.
Her newest book of poems, Goddess of Swizzle, was published by Apprentice House on April 7, 2026.