Hard Reds [Paperback]

Brandi Homan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008

Poetry. HARD REDS is the first collection of poems by Chicago-based poet and small-press publisher Brandi Homan. "Like the stream of cut-paper hearts in her Valentine Factory, Brandi Homan's poems are connected 'at the blade's edge,' are all 'hard reds' -- an intelligent and imaginative woman coming to terms with desire. This collection is an exciting 'kick-start' for her electric voice"--David Trinidad.

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About the Author

Brandi Homan is editor-in-chief of Switchback Books, a feminist press that publishes poetry by women. She earned her MFA from Columbia College, Chicago, and her MA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has appeared in (or is forthcoming from) numerous journals, including Barn Owl Review, Born Magazine, Diagram, MiPOesias, Natural Bridge, North American Review, and Salt Hill. She is originally from Iowa and writes professionally in advertising. She is the author of two collections, both from Shearsman Books: BOBCAT COUNTRY (2010) and HARD REDS (2008).

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Shearsman Books (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905700814
• ISBN-13: 978-1905700813
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,921,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brandi Homan is the author of Bobcat Country (Shearsman Books, 2010) and Hard Reds (Shearsman, 2008). She earned her MFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago and her MA at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Originally from Marshalltown, Iowa, she is Editor-in-Chief of the feminist press Switchback Books.

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5.0 out of 5 stars hard reds. mean reds, July 30, 2008

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This review is from: Hard Reds (Paperback)

Homan's poems sizzle and shimmy: from firebirds to fire-breathers, legato to pizzicato, Harleys to Kawasakis, they dazzle with their light show and kinetic imagery. Homan's work is gunslinger-sure and full of pining and witty viciousness; when you enter her incandescent world, you'll feel like you're eating electricity in a red dress, or as she writes, "I bite and come away neon." These poems are Valentines drenched in gasoline; they'll make you forget "how to breathe without burning."