Justin Purnell

Feb 13, 2024 | powells.com | Lucia Berlin |Brontez Purnell |Justin Purnell

My latest book is Ten Bridges I've Burnt. It was originally called “Oath of Athenian Youth,” but it got changed cause only Anne Carson could get away with a book called “Oath of Athenian Youth” — and I'm just not Anne Carson (yet). It’s a memoir in verse but I'm playing with the idea that memoir is in fact — fiction. Amelia Bedelia! My first anti-hero. When I hopped in a van with Sister Spit in 2012. Like a tornado hit it. It's not ok. Please don’t make me do this.