Gowanus Atropolis by Julian Talamantez Brolaski #Ocean a mash-up of deadpan humour

a mash-up of deadpan humour and heartbreaking imagery where novelty T-shirts and lady astronaut centaurs can coexist

and rejoice in the abundance of being together

Romer’s New & Selected articulates the constant oscillation between love

a world that lies at the heart of Estonian culture

The book also includes explanatory notes which explore specific biographical

Gowanus Atropolis by Julian Talamantez Brolaski #Ocean a mash-up of deadpan humourGowanus atropolis is an ecopoetical exploration of the Gowanus canal in Brooklyn, a recently designated superfund site that was once a fertile fishing ground for the Canarsie Native American tribe. The poems grapple with reconciling the toxicity of the titular Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn and the east river in Manahatta with the poets search for the pastoral in New York City. A queer elegy for when language might have been prior to thought, where the