Randle Browning

I am a writer from Texas interested in art, landscape, and family. My work has appeared in or is forthcoming in The Believer, the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere, and has been supported by the Jentel Artist Residency. I live in Flatbush, Brooklyn with my partner and young daughter and am at work on a nonfiction book about four generations of my Texas family.

I led content marketing teams at tech startups for over 8 years before going back to school in 2022 for my MFA in creative writing at Columbia University, where I was a print editor at the Columbia Journal. I hold an MA in English from Boston College and teach in Columbia’s undergraduate creative writing program.

In 2011, my partner and I opened Shorty’s Pizza Shack, a college dive bar and slice shop in Waco, TX. Our second location opened in 2023. Shorty’s Coffee Lounge is coming soon. We operate the restaurant remotely, with business partners and over 100 employees.

I’m a singer-songwriter and indie musician. You can listen to my music on Spotify, Bandcamp, and other streaming services.