Please welcome Shawn Monroe.
[APPLAUSE]
Brandon Shimoda was born in the United States of America
and has since lived and worked in nine states and five
countries.
His collaborations, drawings, and poems
have appeared in print online, on vinyl and on walls,
as well in The Alps, The Inland Sea, and O'Bon forthcoming
on Litmus Press.
He currently lives on planet Earth [LAUGHTER]
with the rest of us.
In his first book, The Alps, he writes with an impressive range
from his wildly varied field work and complete dismantling
of language to the sharp lyric bursts loaded with images.
He provides and defines a space where these images
mash into a ghostly perception.
His compression of language charters
and tames the grandeur of his landscapes,
while keeping their dark wildness.
Brandon Shimoda.