Brooklyn Arts Press: 8 books

Named the "Best First Book" of poems for the year, this collection by Joe Millar was short-listed for the Yale Younger Poets prize, the National Poetry Series, and the Academy of American Poets’ Walt Whitman Award. Joe grew up along the Space Coast of Florida and attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Broc Rossell was born in Los Angeles and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is completing a doctorate in literature and creative writing.“But I don’t know but a book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate...

The voices comprising Joe Fletcher’s chapbook "Already It Is Dusk" speak under the fear of death. They are wanderers, renegades, shifty-eyed and quick-minded, brains troubled to near muteness by the blank dumb animal suffering of the worlds they inhabit. And though wounded, weirded-out...

A diverse compendium of imaginative flights—into fantasy, science fiction, realism, techno-politics, mythology, and the surreal—The Story of How All Animals Are Equal & Other Tales introduces Matt Runkle as a fearless writer allergic to boring sentences. Driven by fascinating characters and...

Shifting intuitively between youthful belligerence, the individualization of collective myths, and portraits of erotic maturity and angst, Christopher Hennessy’s debut collection of poetry, Love-In-Idleness, commits itself to lyrical explorations underpinned by a sharp and honest introspection....

The voice narrating Carol Guess’ newest book is that of a playfully effusive but meticulous cataloguer of our darker inquiries and oddities, a suburban former dancer with the inner life and vision of an epic librettist. Darling Endangered is nothing short of exceptional, a rare breed of hybrid that...

A magical realism tale touching upon corporate greed, colonialism, environmentalism and personal responsibility. Harry Solomon, a corporate shark, jumps at the opportunity to turn a South Pacific island into an international playground resort. Cutting corners to bring Solarium to fruition, he undermines...

“The Ugly brims with intelligence and humor.” -Laila Lalami, author of The Moor’s Account, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Best Fiction of 2016 list, Entropy Magazine #1 Goodreads, New Releases #1 Amazon, World Literature; #1 Amazon, Eastern European Literature; #1 Amazon, Mythology...