Book description
Susan Browne (Winner of the Four Way Books Intro Prize in Poetry judged by Edward Hirsch) has crafted her fourth collection of poetry into an incendiary inventory of life's urgency and vitality in this late-stage capitalist moment. In “Air Quality Index: 500,” while Browne “[wonders] what the government [is] doing…
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Monster Mash is a book of poems by Susan Browne. It was published by Four Way Books in 2025. These poems are so original, so daring, funny, and searing. I laughed out loud reading poems like "Still Doing It." This is a book that follows a life lived, from her childhood to the present day. Hopeful and raw, real and full of love for this broken world.
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