Gowanus Atropolis by Julian Talamantez Brolaski #Ocean and sometimes reminds you of

and sometimes reminds you of experiences of the past

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

darkest truths while never compromising on the poet's craft

The book also includes explanatory notes which explore specific biographical

Many of the poems in this collection explore attempts to repair severed connections

Gowanus Atropolis by Julian Talamantez Brolaski #Ocean and sometimes reminds you ofGowanus 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