Julie Bruck

JULIE BRUCK lives in San Francisco. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry Daily, and The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day, among other venues. Her third book, Monkey Ranch (Brick Books), won Canada’s 2012  Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry, and How to Avoid Huge Ships was a finalist for the same award in 2019. These poems come from a new manuscript,  We Love You Get Up. www.juliebruck.com

 

  • Three Poems

    It was a beauty, made by the Hmong in Laos
  • Spoiler Alert

    This all started when Tanya, that wreck of a billionaire
  • Mr. Palomar’s Wave

    A long time ago, I went with my aunt to hear
  • My Shame & Sanctuary

    At first that howl suggests an overbearing parent
  • IN JANUARY

    Low sky, slow air, and nothing much
  • HER MOUTH

    Near the end, her mouth was pinned down
  • The Good Hand

    Often, without warning, my left hand