At the Inkwell Denver

Photo by Jay Halsey

CLASH Books readings at Syntax Physic Opera & Book Bar on May 31 & June 1, 2019

FEATURING

Hillary Leftwich/Erika T. Wurth/Julia Madsen/Big Bruiser Dope Boy/g.g. roland/Jon Bassoff/Marston Hefner/Brandi Homan/Christopher David Rosales/Leza Cantoral/Steven Dunn/Bethany Moore

Two nights of lit in Denver, Co bringing diverse voices & genres together at Syntax Physic Opera & Book Bar, featuring poets, prose writers, & local Denver writers with unique & powerful voices.

Featuring Brandi Homan, author of BURN FORTUNE

&

Big Bruiser Dope Boy author of YOUR FIRST REAL BOYFRIEND & OTHER POEMS

Books out now from CLASH Books

GET BURN FORTUNE

GET YOUR FIRST REAL BOYFRIEND & OTHER POEMS

“A scorching anthem of what it means to be a young girl in a small town—the dreams that save us and the realities that pull us under. Alive with longing and the desire to break free.”

 

—Mona Awad, Author of Bunny (Viking) and

            13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl (Penguin)

 

 

“I’m in awe of how Brandi Homan’s Burn Fortune embodies the Midwest’s unfurled earth and stretched skies. There’s a recurring image of detasseling corn, which is what the book does: everything connected by silky strands unraveling until we get to the core, a new image of grit and possibility. And Homan gracefully gives us the space to participate in the making of that new image. Thank you for the grit, the hope.”

 

—Steven Dunn, Author of Potted Meat and

water & power (Tarpaulin Sky)

"Big Bruiser Dope Boy is a poetry legend. Your First Real Boyfriend & Other Poems is a killer book. I loved it. Our very own Genet is alive and well and he's ready to steal your shit."

—Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book

"The voice of this book. It has everything I want and yet I really can't explain it. It's hurt shit. A laugh that ends with a turned head and a teary eye. Each poem sings for lost unknowns to come home. It's funny, straightforward, absurd, sad, and, ultimately, true in the way that only art can be. Say hello to the gay Rodney Dangerfield. Say hello to the Boom Doctor. Say hello to your first real boyfriend. Join me in welcoming this new voice. The Big Bruiser Dope Boy. One of the new wolves. May he forever huff and puff. We will never escape his cartoon."

—Sam Pink, author of Person & The Garbage Times/White Ibis