Poetry. EL GOLPE CHILEÑO is Julien Poirier's first book, not counting chapbooks and a newspaper novel. It runs naked through letters and cartoons dated 1991-2009. The title comes from a thief's trick practiced in Barcelona in the 1980s.
Author City: BERKELEY, CA USA
Julien Poirier helped start the Ugly Duckling Presse Collective, where he edited New York Nights newspaper from 2001 to 2006. Book projects include Jack Micheline's ONE OF A KIND, Steve Dalachinsky's In Glorious Black & White, Stan Apps's Soft Hands, and Cedar Sigo's SELECTED WRITINGS (editions 1 and 2).
Reviews and Other Links
John Sakkis in San Francisco Bay Guardian
Sima Rabinowitz @ NewPages
Levi Rubeck @ BOMBLOG