Brant R Lyon

Bio

(1956 – 2012) Poet. Brant Lyon wrote poetry, short fiction, and music. He was senior editor for Uphook Press (uphookpress.com) and producer/host for Hydrogen Jukebox, a reading series in New York City that pairs poets with an improvisational band. Brant’s own music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyroican Poets Cafe, Galapogos Art Space, and festivals in Virgina, New Mexico, and New York City. His poetry and short stories have been published in Rattle, Lullwater Review, Ganymede, etc., and in numerous anthologies. Other publications include a chapbook, Your Infidel Eyes (Poets Wear Prada 2008), the spoken word / music CDs Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife against Me (Logochrysalis 2008) and Hydrogen Jukebox: Detonate (Fall, 2011), and his collection of poetry, You Are White Inside (Three Rooms Press 2011). Brant R. Lyon died on May 13, 2012.