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Please welcome Shawn Monroe.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Brandon Shimoda was born in
the United States of America

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and has since lived and
worked in nine states and five

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countries.

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His collaborations,
drawings, and poems

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have appeared in print
online, on vinyl and on walls,

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as well in The Alps, The Inland
Sea, and O'Bon forthcoming

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on Litmus Press.

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He currently lives on
planet Earth [LAUGHTER]

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with the rest of us.

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In his first book, The Alps, he
writes with an impressive range

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from his wildly varied field
work and complete dismantling

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of language to the sharp lyric
bursts loaded with images.

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He provides and defines a
space where these images

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mash into a ghostly perception.

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His compression of
language charters

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and tames the grandeur
of his landscapes,

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while keeping their
dark wildness.

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Brandon Shimoda.

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