Russell Brakefield is the author of Field Recordings (Wayne State University Press). His writing has appeared in the Indiana Review, New Orleans Review, The Common, Rattle, and elsewhere. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, and he has been awarded fellowships from the University of Michigan Musical Society, the Vermont Studio Center, and the National Parks Service. He is assistant professor in the University Writing Program at the University of Denver.