Of Mongrelitude

Brolaski has spent a considerable amount of time in New York and San Francisco/Oakland. We'll send copies of Of Mongrelitude to bookstores and reviewers in both areas. Xe has published books and chapbooks with many presses before us and has connections to poets all over the country. We will generate word-of-mouth publicity for by sending out complimentary copies to established poets and professors who know him. Review copies and pitches will be sent to print and online venues with dedicated poetry coverage, like The Rumpus, The Volta, Poetry, BOMB, and trades such as Publishers Weekly.

Classic literature and the pop culture converge to break apart formal linguistics in a never-before-seen lyric.Poems that break language apart from the inside. Brolaski's third collection combines Latin, pop culture, etymology, politics, and sex in linguistic experimentation. It asks the reader to let go of expectations and be open to a sonically immersive experience. The poems are as radical as they are romantic, rewriting the rules of grammar and creating a personal vernacular. Julian T. Brolaski is the author of Advice for Lovers (City Lights 2012), gowanus atropolis (Ugly Duckling Presse 2011), and co-editor of NO GENDER: Reflections on the Life & Work of kari edwards (Litmus Press / Belladonna Books 2009). Julian lives in Oakland, and is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the country band The Western Skyline.