Goodnight Sweet Thing

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 brings together a compelling second collection of poetry by artist and filmmaker Cristine Brache. Through concise, powerful lyricism, Brache unapologetically reconstructs her inner life. With poems about mortality, power dynamics, and constructs of the female body and psyche, 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 introduces a fresh and distinctive voice to contemporary poetry, offering readers a complex portrait of Brache's core and vision. The book also includes her out of print debut poetry collection, 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, previously published by Codétte. ⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀ ⠀⡞⠉⠋⢧⣤⣤⠟⠁⠉⡷ ⠀⠳⠤⣤⣄⣽⠯⢥⣤⠴⠃ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⡏⠀⠀⠀⢣ ⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⢠⡋ ⠀⠀⡀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⢄⠀⠀ ⠀⠁ ✩✩✩𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨✩✩ ✩𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓: Paperback ✩𝑰𝑺𝑩𝑵: 979-8-218-40909-8 ✩𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆: June 20, 2024 ✩𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓: aP ✩𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆: $20.00 US ✩𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔: June 2024 ✩𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒕 & 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Cristine Brache ✩𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒃𝒚: Manon Lutanie ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ ⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀ ⠀⡞⠉⠋⢧⣤⣤⠟⠁⠉⡷ ⠀⠳⠤⣤⣄⣽⠯⢥⣤⠴⠃ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⡏⠀⠀⠀⢣ ⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⢠⡋ ⠀⠀⡀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⢄⠀⠀ ⠀⠁ 𝑷𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑮𝑶𝑶𝑫𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑺𝑾𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮

“Like problems that end up solving themselves, Cristine Brache’s poems feel torn out of old diaries, ripped from the headlines, plucked from obscurity and pushed into the spotlight—at once familiar and refreshing to read.”

—Natasha Stagg, author of 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴

“The specter surrounding us finds an extraordinary poet holding the backdoor open so we can climb through. 'But who are these gods that replay my life and question it? All along I thought I was safe.' Cristine Brache has given us a brilliant, haunting page-turner with 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

—CAConrad, author of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯

"Cristine Brache’s poems are like a phone call with a long lost friend, their flow and rhythm attuned, so that what’s left in the end is a feeling of once again moving in accordance with things."

—Rachel Rabbit White, author of 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭

“Underneath the surface of Brache’s tautly constructed verse are a series of propositions that examine the contracted distance between wanting and ambivalence, between running away and staying, and between disappointment and pleasure. Central to the artist’s practice is the concept that the present is just a waiting room in which we consider what we’ve had and what we will inevitably lose; lodged between regret and longing are these poems, shimmering with the doomed glamor of the now.”

—Alissa Bennett, author of 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬

𝑷𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑪𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑯𝑬

“Cristine Brache works dually as a visual artist and poet, and this gives her writing a particular charge. Poetry, for Brache, becomes the default, the last resort, and a means of covert assault in matters of living where language has led. Brache’s poems are wide-ranging, intellectually accomplished and deeply shocking. She’s doing something very original here.”

—Chris Kraus, author of 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳

“The violence women endure is met head-on with the fearless poetry of Cristine Brache, giving us all the courage to embrace the strength of poetry. Her life, her love, her unapologetic and direct care for the female body and voice can change whatever needs changing in the coldest ignorance our hostile and judgmental world can dish.”

—CAConrad, author of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯

"These poems are like dares from the writer to the reader—I dare you to look at me, to define me, to unravel me. The body is amorphous here and hard to pin down—both alluring and defiant, stoic and vulnerable. These contradictions open up a world of possibility that Cristine Brache writes within, and no word is wasted."

—Chelsea Hodson, author of 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦

"Testing the air with confidence and austere beauty and wisdom, Cristine Brache manages to rework the language of a female body. Each poem, creating a new form unsparing and deeply transformative, this book is a magical marvel."

—Precious Okoyomon, author of 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘪𝘦?

“The figures evoked in Cristine Brache’s 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴—cam girls, housewives, daughters—often find themselves topping from the bottom, locating power in the positions, sexual and gendered, designed to disempower them. But this role play is not wholly triumphant: Brache, a cunning satirist in the tradition of Dorothy Parker, never loses sight of the larger culture in which women are not ‘paid / seen, heard, or understood,’ only looked at. ‘[Y]ou are the one who disgusts her,’ she charges the voyeur her reader becomes, ‘she is laughing at you while you hold your phone to record her.’”

—Jameson Fitzpatrick, author of 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺

“𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴 deals carefully, tenderly, cleverly, and, at times, bitingly with pain, beauty, and struggle, both internal and external, personal and societal. This is a book I’ll revisit again and again.”

—Jordan Castro, author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵