Attempting to repair the fissures of everyday life, Brian Brodeur negotiates the psychological distances between desire and disgust, humor and catastrophe, banality and dream. The poems of Other Lati
Winner of the 2011 Autumn House Press Poetry Contest, selected by Denise Duhamel. Brodeur's second full-length collection showcases clarity of voice and sits in the domestic and poltical.
“Local Fauna opens with a meta-poem about Jack Spicer, and I couldn’t help but think of his ‘dictated’ poetry, poetry as vessel, poetry getting down what needs to be said. Brian Brodeur’s poems have t
