books & chapbooks

america is a dry cookie (2018)

Igor Bjorn Brezhnev's second full length collection of poems, america is a dry cookie and other love stories, sets the backdrop with a look at the American experience with the poem 'america is...' and continues to examine themes of home, mental health, love and grief through the other ninety nine poems included in the collection. First edition of the collection was published by Liquid Gravity Publishing in Phoenix, Arizona (ISBN: 978-0971650244). Currently out of print.

dearest void (2016)

dearest void is a first full length collection of poems and short prose by Igor Bjorn Brezhnev completed between the years of 2012 and 2016. Located somewhere between the mystical and the mundane, death and love, hope and despair, magic and reality, humanity and otherness. Dearest Void is a kind of travel diary with entries arranged not by date or place, but some arcane measure of encountered feeling. Published by Liquid Gravity Publishing in Phoenix, Arizona (ISBN: 978-0971650213). Currently out of print.

nights since project (2019-2020)

nights since is a poetry project by Igor Bjorn Brezhnev written between January of 2019 and January of 2020. During this time Igor wrote a poem every night with the intent to document the emotional landscape of being without a home. The poems are presented unedited, as they were written on those nights, kept intact and raw to emphasize the urgency of writing without the luxury of hindsight available to the settled. There are eleven volumes in total, each containing 33 poems. The first 6 volumes have been published as chapbooks between 2019 and 2022. Volume 1 is currently out of print, Volumes 2-6 are available to purchase on this website and in bookstores in Portland, Oregon. A collection of all volumes is planned to be released through Bearcat Books in 2025.

my most tender turbulence is you (2022)

my most tender turbulence is you is a chapbook published by Igor Bjorn Brezhnev in 2022 containing his most frequently performed poems during 2021-2022. This collection is currently out of print.

the book of possibilities (2012)

the book of possibilities is a free digital chapbook published by Igor Bjorn Brezhnev in 2012. It contained poems written between 2006 and 2012. The book was downloaded over 10,000 times. Currently unavailable for download pending second edition to be published by Bearcat Books.