Julian Talamantez Brolaski is a poet and country singer, the author of Of Mongrelitude (Wave Books 2017), Advice for Lovers (City Lights 2012), gowanus atropolis (Ugly Duckling Presse 2011), and the coeditor of NO GENDER: Reflections on the Life & Work of kari Edwards (Litmus/Belladonna 2009). Julian is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Juan & the Pines, which recently released its first EP, Glittering Forest (2019). They live in Goleta, California, and maintain a blog of handwritten poems at https://julianspoems.tumblr.com/.