American Brian Henry has published poetry, criticism and reviews in numerous magazines around the world, including the Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Review, Harvard Review, The Paris Review, The Yale Review, American Poetry Review, New American Writing, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, Stand, Overland, and Threepenny Review. His first book of poetry, Astronaut was published in the UK and in Slovenia in translation in 2000. He has edited the international magazine Verse since 1995.
During 1997-1998 Henry was a Fulbright scholar in Australia where he was an associate of both the English Department and the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. During his Australian stay he was also guest Poetry Editor of Meanjin.