Broetry - Brian McGackin

As contemporary poets sing the glories of birds and birch trees, regular guys are left scratching their heads. Who can speak for Everyman? Who will articulate his love for Xbox 360, for Mama Celeste's frozen pizza, for the cinematic oeuvre of Bruce Willis?

Enter Broetry-a stunning debut from a dazzling new literary voice. "Broet Laureate" Brian McGackin goes where no poet has gone before-to Star Wars conventions, to frat parties, to video game tournaments, and beyond. With poems like "Ode to That Girl I Dated for, Like, Two Months Sophomore Year" and "My Friends Who Don't Have Student Loans," we follow the Bro from his high school graduation and college experience through a "quarter-life crisis" and beyond.

Brian McGackinhasdegrees from Emerson Collegeand the University of SouthernCalifornia. He lives in Los Angeles.This is his first book.

"Broetry provides poetic meanderings for the everydude."-Time.com

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