The Chandler Letters
It is July 1995 in Albuquerque, New Mexico — four years after Desert Storm. Flags wave over cracked pavement while the rain refuses to fall. Yet for one poet, armed with a notebook, the national fervor has begun to putrefy. Part journal and part epistle, The Chandler Letters contains literary poems of political criticism that are intimate, biting, and raw. These letters to Chandler contend that July is not the time to pledge allegiance, but to question it.
Bruce Burrows (1968 – 2020) is responsible for the words contained in this contraband volume. He attended college at CSU Stanislaus and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Writing & Poetics from the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1993. His renegade words have appeared in various publications, including The Little Magazine, Pif Magazine, Spike, and Bombay Gin.
The Chandler Letters has the distinction of being our first and only non-horror release, and also our only locally printed and hand bound publication. We took on this project to honor the memory of the author, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 51. All profits from the sale of The Chandler Letters will be donated to the SPCA in the author’s name.