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"A book of poetry meant to conjure the future while nourishing the present, Julie Poole's second collection is inspired by movement within a Texan cityscape. Written 2016-2017 during a taut political moment, Gorgeous Freak follows Poole's decision to start keeping a poetry journal while commuting by foot around Austin. Her intent, folded carefully in these slender and jagged poems, is to call out to a future soulmate, pulling them back into her present: hot, humid Austin, Texas in the first year of the Trump presidency, traversed by foot miles a day, watching the seasons change through surrounding urban flora and fauna"--
About the author
Julie Poole is a poet, journalist, and filmmaker based in Austin. She received a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.F.A. from the New Writers Project at the University of Texas. She has received fellowship and grant support from the James A. Michener Center, the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and the PEN Writers Fund. She has been a resident at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, and Yaddo. Her first book of poems, Bright Specimen, was inspired by the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center at UT.
Summary
A book of poetry meant to conjure the future while nourishing the present, Julie Poole’s second collection is inspired by movement within the Texan cityscape.
Written from 2016-2017 during a taut political moment, Gorgeous Freak follows Poole’s decision to start keeping a poetry journal while commuting by foot around Austin. Her intent, folded carefully in these slender and jagged poems, is to call out to a future soulmate, pulling them back into her present: hot, humid Austin, Texas, in the first year of the Trump presidency, traversed by foot miles a day, watching the seasons change through surrounding urban flora and fauna.
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- Strong promotional campaign in Poole’s home state of Texas, at University of Texas – Austin, and through the Michener Center
- Serial rights targeting Texas Monthly, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, Poetry, and others
- Print and digital publicity targeting The Rumpus, Poets & Writers, Electric Literature, Book Riot, Rain Taxi, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, LARB, Full Stop, The White Review, and others
- Promotion at or events pitched for Texas Book Festival, Brooklyn Book Festival, Winter Institute, and AWP
- Review copies will be sent targeting all major print and digital literary media outlets, reviewers, and booksellers; additional copies available upon request
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