Broc Rossell

Broc Rossell is the managing editor at Milkweed Editions. Prior to joining Milkweed he was a professor of creative writing and lecturer in cultural studies. After earning his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Broc began his publishing career at Macmillan, where he worked in the educational division of Bedford, Freeman, and Worth.

As a PhD student at the University of Denver he served as an editorial assistant at the Denver Quarterly before joining Brooklyn Arts Press as senior poetry editor in 2011. He has published his own small press, The Elephants, with the Canadian writer Jordan Scott since 2017, and he’s also the author of two poetry collections: Festival (Cleveland State University 2015) and Alameda (selva oscura 2021).

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Denver (2009 — 2012)
• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) University of Iowa (2002 — 2004)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Utah State University (1997 — 2000)

Companies

• Managing Editor Milkweed Editions (2021)
• Publisher The Elephants Ltd. (2016)
• Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Nanyang Technological University (2019 — 2021)
• Lecturer of Critical and Cultural Practice Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2014 — 2018)
• Limited Term Lecturer Simon Fraser University (2012 — 2018)