Julian Talamantez Brolaski is the author of Of Mongrelitude (2017), Advice for Lovers (2012), gowanus atropolis (2011), and coeditor of NO GENDER: Reflections on the Life & Work of kari edwards (2009). It is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the country bands Juan & the Pines (NYC) and The Western Skyline (Oakland). Brolaski is currently researching and editing a book on Mescalero Apache ceremony with its grandmother, Inés Talamantez.
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What to Say Upon Being Asked to Be Friends
Why speak of hate, when I do bleed for love?
Not hate, my love, but Love doth bite my tongue
Till I taste stuff that makes my rhyming rough
So flatter I my fever for the one
For whom I inly mourn, though seem...