Gowanus Atropolis by Julian Talamantez Brolaski #Ocean The book also includes explanatory

The book also includes explanatory notes which explore specific biographical

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

and sometimes reminds you of experiences of the past

The sun is an ambivalent force in these poetic narratives

and rejoice in the abundance of being together

Gowanus Atropolis by Julian Talamantez Brolaski #Ocean The book also includes explanatoryGowanus 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