BOOKS
WHAT WE PICK UP
Buckman Publishing
292 pgs.
Available now in print, ebook, and audiobook:
Buckman Publishing | Bishop & Wilde
Kepler's Books | Powell's | Amazon | Audible
PRESS INQUIRIES OR REVIEWS:
Heather Brown, Mind the Bird Media
[email protected]
DESCRIPTION:
In his debut story collection, Brewster deftly turns cliches of boyhood and manhood on their heads, revealing the trappings and failures of American masculinity when viewed from any angle, especially a queer one.
A brash, young man recounts the life he shared with an older lover in rural, 1930s Oregon... Queer teenagers navigate a family vacation on a remote lake... An aging alcoholic is disoriented by the return of a long-lost sibling, now trans. In the title story--connected to two others in the collection--a sound recordist who survived a violent car crash as a boy and a suicide attempt as a teenager, must find his place in the world between his love of film and the perils of Hollywood exploitation.
Sharply observed, with dark humor and cinematic detail, the stories in What We Pick Up span vastly different decades and places to reveal an American landscape of fathers, sons, brothers, and lovers--gay, bi, trans, queer--all trying to re-vision a different path forward for themselves before it's too late.
Buckman Publishing
292 pgs.
Available now in print, ebook, and audiobook:
Buckman Publishing | Bishop & Wilde
Kepler's Books | Powell's | Amazon | Audible
PRESS INQUIRIES OR REVIEWS:
Heather Brown, Mind the Bird Media
[email protected]
DESCRIPTION:
In his debut story collection, Brewster deftly turns cliches of boyhood and manhood on their heads, revealing the trappings and failures of American masculinity when viewed from any angle, especially a queer one.
A brash, young man recounts the life he shared with an older lover in rural, 1930s Oregon... Queer teenagers navigate a family vacation on a remote lake... An aging alcoholic is disoriented by the return of a long-lost sibling, now trans. In the title story--connected to two others in the collection--a sound recordist who survived a violent car crash as a boy and a suicide attempt as a teenager, must find his place in the world between his love of film and the perils of Hollywood exploitation.
Sharply observed, with dark humor and cinematic detail, the stories in What We Pick Up span vastly different decades and places to reveal an American landscape of fathers, sons, brothers, and lovers--gay, bi, trans, queer--all trying to re-vision a different path forward for themselves before it's too late.
TELEVISION
MINDHUNTER (spec). One-hour spec script of critically acclaimed Netflix series. Second Rounder in the Drama Spec category at the 2021 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference.
GARGOYLES & DANDELIONS. One-hour, original queer noir drama series set in late 1940s Los Angeles. Awardee, 2019 Oregon Literary Fellowship in Drama. Second Rounder in the AMC Drama Pilot category at the 2019 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference. Currently in development.
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uncollected SHORT FICTION
AUNT V. A teenage girl learns the fate of her namesake in South Dakota. Appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of The Minetta Review.
HOLD IT IN. A grandmother has issues with her dog on an Oregon road trip. Appeared in Issue 10.2 of New South.
KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS. An older gay widower and his next door neighbor, friend, and former schoolteacher come to terms with their trauma amid a pandemic. Appeared in Issue 9 of Buckman Journal called This Is Portland.
PAPER CUTS. A Washington couple reacts to a disturbing newspaper article. Appeared in Issue 10.2 of New South.
RECKLESS. A hurricane impacts each member of a New Jersey family differently. Appeared in Issue 13 of Callisto: A Queer Fiction Journal.
ROTE. A boy remembers his late uncle in rural Iowa. Appeared in Issue 13 Callisto: A Queer Fiction Journal.
SYZYGY. A man copes with his life in isolation as the caretaker of a family cabin along the Oregon coast. Appeared in the 2015 issue of The Santa Fe Literary Review.
HOLD IT IN. A grandmother has issues with her dog on an Oregon road trip. Appeared in Issue 10.2 of New South.
KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS. An older gay widower and his next door neighbor, friend, and former schoolteacher come to terms with their trauma amid a pandemic. Appeared in Issue 9 of Buckman Journal called This Is Portland.
PAPER CUTS. A Washington couple reacts to a disturbing newspaper article. Appeared in Issue 10.2 of New South.
RECKLESS. A hurricane impacts each member of a New Jersey family differently. Appeared in Issue 13 of Callisto: A Queer Fiction Journal.
ROTE. A boy remembers his late uncle in rural Iowa. Appeared in Issue 13 Callisto: A Queer Fiction Journal.
SYZYGY. A man copes with his life in isolation as the caretaker of a family cabin along the Oregon coast. Appeared in the 2015 issue of The Santa Fe Literary Review.
poetry
"The Degenerate Cases" appeared in Issue 20 of Redactions
"Instructions for a Marriage" appeared in Vol. VIII, No. 4 of Third Wednesday
"Lilacs" appeared in Vol. VIII, No. 4 of Third Wednesday
"North Hollywood" appeared in Issue 22 of Gertrude
"Song of the Radical Faerie" appeared online in Chelsea Station
"Time to Go" appeared online in the Fall 2014 issue of The Summerset Review
"When I Know He's Dead" appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
"Instructions for a Marriage" appeared in Vol. VIII, No. 4 of Third Wednesday
"Lilacs" appeared in Vol. VIII, No. 4 of Third Wednesday
"North Hollywood" appeared in Issue 22 of Gertrude
"Song of the Radical Faerie" appeared online in Chelsea Station
"Time to Go" appeared online in the Fall 2014 issue of The Summerset Review
"When I Know He's Dead" appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
Other
Review of Emme Lund's The Boy with a Bird in His Chest (OregonLive/Oregonian, Feb 2022)
Interview with Oregon Literary Arts on 2019 Fellowship in Drama
Introduction to Moving or Still, a Write Around Portland anthology
Interview with Oregon Literary Arts on 2019 Fellowship in Drama
Introduction to Moving or Still, a Write Around Portland anthology