Total Mood Killer
Total Mood Killer pairs the newest work by Niina Pollari (Dead Horse) with merritt k's (Videogames For Humans) poetry debut to vivid, visceral effect. In this collection, two unique and distinct voices converge in their shared faith in black humor and a relentless, intelligent deconstruction of our modern condition.
74 pages, perfect bound softcover.
Named one of Vol. 1 Brooklyn's Favorite Poetry Books of 2017:
"Pardon the punk rock analogy, but: you know how, every once in a while, two great bands will release a split LP where each half is fantastic but the connections between sides turn the whole thing into something greater? This inventive, technology-obsessed work is the poetry version of that, and it’s terrific."
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"Listen, this isn’t a book you can hide from. I tried, but in the end I was totally, completely seen. The night after I read Total Mood Killer I had a vivid dream that merritt, Niina and I were running away from summer camp with only our polka-dotted swimsuits and a bag of knives. It was the best dream I’d had in at least a month."
KimmyWalters, Uptalk and Killer
"Total Mood Killer is a paradise for the ironic, the profane, the wry, and the wise. It's like a memory recalled in fragments or a recurring daydream you can't discern from reality. These poems compel consideration of identity, mortality, and isolation in ways that don't add salt to our wounds, but instead reveal our wounds as both fresher and more worth bearing than we previously understood."
Alana Massey, All the Lives I Want