Sisyphus Brewing
712 Ontario Ave W, Ste 100
Minneapolis, MN 55403
United States
Free and open to the public.
Celebrate the publication of The Interrogation, Michael Bazzett’s third collection of poems. The Interrogation plumbs our capacity for cruelty and wonder. Suffused in psychology, uncertainty, and desire, The Interrogation is a catechism of the self—or, more accurately, our varied selves. Like a hall of mirrors, the faces of The Interrogation double and multiply endlessly, and voices echo, laugh, and taunt. As Danez Smith says, “I needed to see all this glorious seeing. You need this book too. You need to walk through Bazzett’s funhouse and let these mirrors do their alchemy on you.”
Bazzett will be joined by local poets Gretchen Marquette, author of May Day (Graywolf, 2016); Chris Santiago, author of Tula (Milkweed, 2016), and Anders Carlson-Wee, author of The Low Passions (Norton, forthcoming 2019).
We’ll have an Interrogation Pale Ale on tap plus a *~surprise~* giveaway!
MORE PRAISE FOR THE INTERROGATION
“If poems are buildings erected to house our wonder, then Bazzett has gifted us a metropolis—one teeming with life and endlessly hospitable to visitors. We are the beneficiaries of such good fortune, this generous making.”
—KAVEH AKBAR
“Michael Bazzett’s poems are as tragic and unsettling as they are compelling and beautifully precise.”
—ADA LIMÓN
“To read Michael Bazzett’s poems is to reach through the thick veil separating us from the most tender, timeless, and true parts of ourselves that we both dread and cherish. I hope everyone will read this book.”
—TARFIA FAIZULLAH
Michael Bazzett
Michael Bazzett is the author of You Must Remember This, which received the 2014 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, The Interrogation, and most recently The Echo Chamber. He is also the translator of The Popol Vuh, the first English verse translation of the Mayan creation epic, which was named one a New York Times Best Book of 2018. His poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Ploughshares, The Sun, and Best New Poets. He is a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and lives in Minneapolis.
Chris Santiago
Chris Santiago is the author of Tula, winner of the 2016 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, selected by A. Van Jordan. He teaches literature, sound culture, and creative writing at the University of St. Thomas.
Suffused in psychology, uncertainty, and desire, this collection is a darkly humorous and unsparingly honest catechism of the self.