Brian Swann

Brian Swann’s most recent poetry collection is Sunday Out of Nowhere: New and Selected Poems (Sheep Meadow Press) and his latest fiction is Huskanaw (MadHat Press). He teaches at Cooper Union in New York City.

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Poem | Bats

“Any mistake’s no big deal as they / do things their own way, sleeping // all day in attic and eave”
By Brian Swann
August 30, 2022
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