Poetry. "In these 'avenues' the urban austerity of Strang's tone gleams, 'opaque but all features visible to the touch.' Terse exposition—'the couple dies together'—jostles against hauntingly prescient meditation—'sterile // habit // suggested // the // dark burn.' The immediacy of city living, the breathing of its expansions and contractions, is audible in this poet's craft. As we listen, each instance of our experience both particularizes and enlarges—'you may realize all of this / comes as everything'."—Rusty Morrison

"The writing is vigorous, beautifully measured and filled with active presence and event."—Aaron Shurin

Author City: OAKLAND, CA USA

Brian Strang lives in East Oakland and teaches English composition at San Francisco State University and Merritt College. He is the author of INCRETION (Sputyen Duyvil) and MACHINATIONS (a free Duration ebook) and several chapbooks. His poems, reviews, essays and translations have appeared in many journals including NEW AMERICAN WRITING, Five Fingers Review, DENVER QUARTERLY and Ur-Vox. Recently, his poetry appeared in translation in the Portuguese journal DiVersos.