About

My name is Aaron Gilbreath. I’m an essayist, journalist and burrito enthusiast. I’ve written essays and articles for Harper’s, The New York Times, Paris Review, Vice, The Morning News, The Believer, Oxford American, Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Narratively, The Threepenny Review, Tin House and Brick. My essay “\’ra-di-kəl\” from Hotel Amerika is a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2013, and “Dreams of the Atomic Era,” from the Cincinnati Review, is a Notable in Best American Essays 2011. You can find an excerpt from my Link Wray-themed novel, “Run Chicken Run,” at storySouth. Future Tense Books released my chapbook, A Secondary Landscape, and my musical appendix will appear in the Oxford Companion to Sweets. I’m deep into music, books, regional foods and the natural world. Right now I’m working on a collection of jazz essays, entitled This Is, and I’m probably eating a burrito. You can find me on Facebook and Twitter, and contact me at prowlinggilamonster AT gmail DOT com