Publications

Book

The Totality Cantos. Atelos. 2022.

Chapbooks

Pre-Symbolic. Insert Press. 2014.

Communism. Berkeley Neo-Baroque. 2011.

Paradise Now. Grey Book Press. 2011.

Editor

Assemblage Sampler. https://totalitycantos.net/sampler.html. 2023.

Post-Crisis Poetics. https://postcrisispoetics.blogspot.com. 2017.

ARMED CELL. https://armedcell.blogspot.com. 2011-2017.

Electronic Works

The Totality Cantos generator. https://totalitycantos-sendsent.vercel.app. 2022.

Pre-Symbolic Twitter and Facebook performance. 2014.

THEORY ARSENAL. https://theoryarsenal.blogspot.com. 2012.

Interviews

With Ensemble Park. Ensemble Park: A Journal of Human+Computer Writing 2. 2026.

With a.j. carruthers. “Totality, Axis, Music, Assemblage.” Tripwire 21: Dialogues. 2025.

With rob mclennan. “12 or 20 (second series) questions with Brian Ang.” rob mclennan’s blog. 2023.

With Cheryl Truong. “Interview with… Brian Ang from Eastwind Books!” Eastwind Books of Berkeley. 2022.

With Mikâil Söylemez. “Brian Ang ile söyleşi.” In Turkish. Kargiş. 2017.

With David Lau. “Crisis, Struggles, Poetry.” Tripwire 13: Dialogues. 2017.

With Caleb Beckwith. “Brian Ang with Caleb Beckwith.” The Conversant. 2016.

With Joshua Clover. “A Conversation: Joshua Clover and Brian Ang.” Studio One Reading Series. 2013.

With Sandra Simonds, Maurice Burford, Benjamin Bourlier, Bryan Coffelt, Tiffany Denman, and Sharon Mesmer. “Post-Flarf Discussion by Sandra Simonds.” The Best American Poetry Blog. 2012.

With Michael Nardone. The Conversant. 2012.

With Andrew David King. “‘Actual Riots as Necessary’: A Conversation with Brian Ang.” Berkeley Poetry Review 42. 2012.

Periodicals (Poetry)

“From The Totality Cantos: 74-9 + 85-6 + 28-4 + 26-3 + 19-3.” Ensemble Park: A Journal of Human+Computer Writing 2. 2026.

“From A Thousand Albums,” 401-405. ZYZZYVA 131. 2025.

“From A Thousand Albums,” 371-375. Antiphony 8. 2025.

“Dimensions of the Totality Cantos: Resistance,” BathHouse Journal 27, the Resistance issue. 2025.

“From A Thousand Albums,” 361-365. Weavers Literary Review Vol. 1, No. 2. 2025.

“From A Thousand Albums,” 291-300. Tagvverk. 2024.

“From The Totality Cantos: 4-1 + 2-2 + 45-2 + 25-4 + 95-10 + 65-8 + 74-2 + 85-4,” Kernel 4: LUCK. 2024.

“From A Thousand Records,” 196-200. periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics. 2023.

“From A Thousand Records,” 166-170. Trilobite. 2023.

“From A Thousand Records,” 151-165. Assemblage Sampler. 2023.

“Qua Insurrection” video with Mayakov+sky Platform. saccades 13. 2020.

“From The Totality Cantos, 18-22.” Counter-Signals 3: (All the Way) Down with Platforms! 2018.

“Statistical Tarantella,” “Supernatural Fat People Apologists,” “Fenced Femivisions.” Translated into Turkish. Kargiş. 2017.

“ARMED ASSEMBLAGE CELL CONSTRUCTION.” ARMED CELL 11. 2016.

“From The Totality Cantos [15I+50H].” Cordite Poetry Review 73: BAY AREA. 2016.

“Post-America.” compost. 2013.

“From Totality Canto 62.” Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 6. 2013.

“Totality Canto 75.” Dusie 15. 2013.

“Totality Canto 26.” West Wind Review. 2013.

“Totality Canto 25.” Cordite Poetry Review 54: TRANSPACIFIC. 2013.

“Free Sets.” Rampike Vol. 21, No. 2.: Poetics: Part Two. 2012.

“From Totality Canto 23.” Six Bay Area Poets with Varying Degrees of Affiliation with the 95 Cent Durruti School of Social Poetics, The Capilano Review 3.18. 2012.

“Totality Canto 47.” See You Next Tuesday 1. 2012.

“Totality Canto 5.” Berkeley Poetry Review 42. 2012.

“From Pre-Symbolic,” “Totality Canto 6,” “Totality Canto 7.” West Coast Line 72. 2012.

“AH³” (written with Maria Damon and Christopher Funkhouser), “Yesterday’s Spark,” “Space Diaper,” “Representation-B.” Rampike Vol. 21, No. 1.: Poetics: Part One. 2012.

“From Pre-Symbolic.” West Wind Review. 2012.

“Totality Canto 8.” ARMED CELL 2. 2012.

“Memory of the New Century.” Mrs. Maybe 4. 2011.

“From Pre-Symbolic.” SHAMPOO 39. 2011.

“Value Lavatory,” “Fear: Total Recall.” Model Homes 4. 2011.

“Post-Siècle.” With + Stand 5. 2011.

“Fenced Femivisions.” Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 4. 2011.

“Inaesthetics,” “Parallax.” The Walrus: The Mills College Literary Review. 2011.

“From Research and Destroy.” Despite Fall’s Knock. 2011.

“Post-Structuralism Can Has Cheezburger?” West Wind Review. 2011.

“Obsession is Not an Addiction,” “Liberal Blisters,” “New Microsoft Word Document.” Abraham Lincoln 6. 2011.

“Fenced Femivisions,” “Structures Not Subjects.” ‘Lectric Collective pamphlet for Ekphrastic! (iv) event. 2011.

“spacing (and) temporalizing….” Momoware 3. 2010.

“New Text Document,” “Structures Not Subjects.” KDViationS. 2010.

“Ostranenie,” “sugarhigh!” “Autographeme.” Try! 2010.

“Freedom in Context,” “Social Modernism.” Scythe 2. 2010.

“M dash X.” West Wind Review. 2010.

“Double Dérive.” With + Stand 4: The Lisa Robertson Issue. 2010.

“Post-Structuralism Can Has Cheezburger (Live on KDVS).” textsound: an online audio publication 6. 2009.

“Time Collapse,” “Sign / Suture,” “Dudes, It’s Dude Time.” Try! 2009.

“Return to ♥.” Greenbelt Review 1. 2009.

“Dodecaphon (Pt. 5).” With + Stand 3. 2009.

“The Avant-Garde.” Poster. Nameless Magazine. 2008.

“Freeform Radio.” KDViationS. 2008.

“Free Jazz (A poetics.” KDViations. 2008.

“Salat.” Produce. 2007.

Periodicals (Prose)

Process note on The Totality Cantos. Ensemble Park: A Journal of Human+Computer Writing 2. 2026.

“Post-Crisis to Assemblage Poetics.” American Poetry and Poetics, 2008-2025 folio, Annulet 9 and 10. 2026.

“Totality of Music.” ZYZZYVA 131. 2025.

“Hejinian assemblage.” To be linked: On Lyn Hejinian, Jacket2. 2025.

“Assemblage Poetics.” Counter-Signals 5: Systems and their Discontents. 2024.

“Meet our Friends Bookstore Manager, Brian Ang!” At the Library. 2023.

“Process Note #23: Totality, Assemblage, Multiplicity.” periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics. 2023.

“Totality of Music.” Assemblage Sampler. 2023.

“Multiaxial Poetics.” Introduction to Assemblage Sampler. 2023.

“Assemblage Poetics” and response to “What can poetry offer to the writing of/about art?” Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry 36: Art. 2022.

“Brian Ang’s Favorite Books.” Peach Mag. 2022.

Note on The Totality Cantos’ method. Counter-Signals 3: (All the Way) Down with Platforms! 2018.

“Writing the World-System.” Post-Crisis Poetics. 2017.

“Post-Crisis Poetics.” ARMED CELL 10. 2016.

“Our Occupations After the Occupations.” Occupy Poetics. 2015.

“A response by Brian Ang.” Response to “Can poetry have a socio-political impact?” Quick Question, Jacket2. 2015.

“Post-Crisis Poetics: David Lau’s “Communism Today.” ARMED CELL 5. 2013.

“Democracy is Not for the People.” ARMED CELL 4. 2013.

“2012 DISINHIBITIONS: BRIAN ANG.” THE DISINHIBITOR. 2013.

“Structure of The Millennium Project.” Bruce Andrews: A Symposium & Reading. 2012.

“Attention Span 2012.” Third Factory/Notes to Poetry. 2012.

“Language Writing and the Present.” ARMED CELL 3. 2012.

“Anti-community | Totality.” Poetry during OWS, Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 24, Issue 3. 2012.

“From Pre-Symbolic to Totality: On Method.” West Coast Line 72. 2012.

“Our Occupations (after the Occupations): Ang and Božičević.” Poetry Foundation Harriet Blog. 2012.

“Anti-Community Poetics.” The Claudius App 2. 2012.

“From Pre-Symbolic to Totality: On Method.” ARMED CELL 2. 2012.

“Favorite Things 2011: Brian Ang.” THE DISINHIBITOR. 2012.

“Short Range Poetic Device, 2010.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2012.

“Ron Silliman, 2009.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“Charles Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, 2005.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“Bruce Andrews, 2001.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“Barrett Watten, 1999.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“Henry Hills, 1985.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“A Report on Occupy Oakland: Part 2.” Lana Turner Journal Blog. 2011.

“Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Ron Silliman, 1981.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“Manifesto #3: Poetry and Militancy.” Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 4. 2011.

“A Report on Occupy Oakland.” Lana Turner Journal Blog. 2011.

“Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, 1979.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“LeRoi Jones, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, 1965.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“William Carlos Williams, 1952.” PennSound & Politics, Jacket2. 2011.

“Attention Span 2011.” Third Factory/Notes to Poetry. 2011.

“New PennSound Featured Resources, Selected by Brian Ang.” PennSound. 2011.

“A Report on the Durruti Free Skool.” Lana Turner Journal Blog. 2011.

“Textuality and Annihilation: Joshua Clover’s ‘Gilded Age.’” ARMED CELL 1. 2011.

“A Report on Can Art and Politics Be Thought?” Lana Turner Journal Blog. 2011.

Report on the 95 Cent Skool. Try! 2010.

“Lessons Learned/Not Learned from 9/24 UC Protest.” KDViationS. 2010.

“On Neutrality.” Vent. 2010.

“An Unsound Investment.” KDViationS. 2009.

“Music and Aesthetics of Anthony Braxton.” KDViationS. 2009.

“Brian Ang’s Music Corner.” KDViationS. 2007.

Blurbs

Caleb Beckwith, Political Subject. Roof Books. 2018.

Colin Smith, Multiple Bippies. CUE Books. 2014.

Readings

With Keli Dailey, Ash Huang, Akiko Neumann, Quyen Pham, Emily Chan, and Garrett Caples. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s Book Sale Block Party, Thee Parkside, San Francisco. 2026.

With Kyle Booten, Alex Saum-Pascual, and graduate students. Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California, Berkeley. 2026.

With MK Chavez, Tiff Dressen, Lourdes Figueroa, Kelly Egan, and Adam Stutz. 2727 California Street, Berkeley. 2026.

With Nica Giromini and Kelly Gray. ZYZZYVA 131 release, Golden Sardine, San Francisco. 2026.

Weavers Literary Review Vol. 1, No. 2 release, Café La Bohème, San Francisco. 2026.

With Jean Day and Robert Fitterman. Et al., San Francisco. 2026.

With David Buuck. The Splice Poetry Series, Saturn Bar, New Orleans. 2025.

With Mag Wheels, Martin Corless-Smith, Dylan Angell, and Smootaphilia Ensemble Erotic. Greetings Readings, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn. 2025.

With Steve Dickison, Terra Oliveira, and Brown Handler Resident writers. San Francisco Public Library’s North Beach Branch Open House, San Francisco. 2025.

Poetic Research Bureau’s 25th Anniversary and Fundraiser. 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles. 2025.

On Spit in the Ocean episode #36. Lower Grand Radio, Oakland. 2025.

With Addy Malinowski and Zoe Goldstein. Bathers Library Summer Symposium, Bathers Library, Oakland. 2025.

With Evan Kennedy and Sara Larsen. Tamarack, Oakland. 2025.

NNOO #4. Café 2001, Los Angeles. 2025.

With Ed Steck and Zara Schuster. POND IN A BOWL: fountains, sculptures, poems and bird feeders exhibition opening, Language Garden, Los Angeles. 2025.

With Patrick James Dunagan, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Alex Mattraw, and Brown Handler Resident writers. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s Book Sale Block Party, Thee Parkside, San Francisco. 2025.

Weavers Literary Review Vol. 1, No. 1 release, Adobe Books, San Francisco. 2025.

“The Obvious Analogy is with Music”: A Reading for Lyn Hejinian. Online. 2025.

New Orleans Poetry Festival marathon reading. Siberia, New Orleans. 2025.

With Emily Dezurick-Badran, Torsa Ghosal, and Moazzam Sheikh. Lit Crawl, San Francisco Public Library Bookmobile, San Francisco. 2024.

With Sleeping Porch, Binx Le Fae, The Low Fog, Rivelan, and Finkle Norton. Sad Fest, Oakland. 2024.

With Evan Kennedy, Moazzam Sheikh, Jessica Yuru Zhou and Brown Handler Resident writers. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s Book Sale Block Party, Thee Parkside, San Francisco. 2024.

With Chia Amisola and Nancy Zuo. Kernel 4: LUCK release, KQED, San Francisco. 2024.

With Lara Durback, Kevin CK Lo, Joseph Mosconi, Jamie Townsend, alex cruse, Paul Ebenkamp, and Carrie Hunter. Assemblage Sampler readings, Woolsey Heights and Just Like Honey, Berkeley and Oakland. 2023.

With Aditya Bahl and David Lau. Lone Glen: Utter Assemblage, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, San Francisco. 2023.

With Anne Lesley Selcer. Your Mood Gallery, San Francisco. 2023.

With Caleb Beckwith. Woolsey Heights, Berkeley. 2022.

With Alex Abalos. The Totality Cantos: Brian Ang and Alex Abalos on the Avant-Garde, The Totality Cantos release, Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Berkeley. 2022.

With Sara Larsen and James Sherry. E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, Oakland. 2020.

With Roger Farr. E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, Oakland. 2018.

With David Lau and Molly Bendall. Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles. 2016.

Active Aesthetics: Contemporary Australian Poetry conference reading. University of California, Berkeley. 2016.

Poetics: (The Next) 25 Years conference reading. Trinity Church, Buffalo. 2016.

With alex cruse and David Lau. Hearts Desire, Omni Oakland Commons. 2015.

Bibli-Agora show reading. Gospel Flat Farm, Bolinas. 2015.

With Laura Moriarty and Ron Silliman. Art House Gallery and Cultural Center, Berkeley. 2015.

With Donato Mancini and Anne Lesley Selcer. La Commune Café and Bookstore, Oakland. 2015.

With Genevieve Vigil, Matt Bernard, Kate Robinson, and Nicholas Komodore. The Hundy, E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, Oakland. 2015.

With Chelsea Tadeyeske, Patricia Murphy, and Barrett Watten. The Long Haul, Berkeley. 2015.

Space Open reading. Berkeley. 2014.

With Rusty Morrison, Andrew Joron, Juliana Spahr, Brenda Hillman, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, Alli Warren, Michael Palmer, Lauren Levin, Joshua Clover, David Lau, and Calvin Bedient. Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 6 release, Studio One Art Center, Oakland. 2014.

With Carmella Fleming, Herald Terezon, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, and Judy Juanita. Lyrics & Dirges, Pegasus Books, Berkeley. 2014.

With Sara Larsen, David Lau, Rob Halpern, Jonathan Stalling, and Uljana Wolf. Wayne State University. 2013.

Rooftop reading. San Francisco. 2013.

With Eric Linsker and Genji Amino. Unnameable Books, Brooklyn. 2013.

The Pond of Unlimited Facilities reading. Berkeley. 2013.

See You Next Tuesday 2 release, Awaken Cafe, 2013.

With Lyn Hejinian and Joshua Clover. Studio One Art Center, Oakland. 2013.

Literary Market reading. Vacation, San Francisco. 2012.

House reading. Oakland. 2012.

See You Next Tuesday 1 release, Awaken Cafe, 2012.

With David Lau, Dereck Clemons, Wendy Trevino, Aaron Begg, Tom Comitta, and Nicholas Komodore. ARMED CELL 3 release, RCA, Oakland. 2012.

Poetry and Poetics of the 1980s conference dorm reading. University of Maine, Orono. 2012.

With Josef Kaplan and Laura Elrick. The Multifarious Array, Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn. 2012.

On KCHUNG Radio. Los Angeles. 2011.

Insert Blanc Press Benefit & Holiday Party. Weekend, Los Angeles. 2011.

Occupy Oakland reading. Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland. 2011.

Berkeley Neo-Baroque reading. Canessa Park, San Francisco. 2011.

‘Lectric Collective’s Ekphrastic! (iv) event. Krowswork, Oakland. 2011.

With Dereck Clemons, Wendy Trevino, and Jeanine Webb. Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles. 2011.

With Dereck Clemons, Uyen Hua, and Wendy Trevino. Agitprop, San Diego. 2011.

House reading. Davis. 2011.

With + Stand 5 release, Zughaus Gallery, Berkeley. 2011.

With Melissa Mack and Jeanine Webb. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Café, Boulder. 2011.

With Melissa Mack and Jeanine Webb. Dikeou Collection, Denver. 2011.

West Wind Review Lollapaganza reading. Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland. 2011.

MLA Offsite Reading. Art Share L.A., Los Angeles. 2011.

Recordings of readings. PennSound. 2011-2025.

With R Jencks, Dave Phillips, and Waxy Tomb. Fort Douglass, Davis. 2010.

Mrs. Maybe 3 backyard party reading. Berkeley. 2010.

With Syd Staiti. The Compound, Berkeley. 2010.

With Jorge Clar and Mark Lamoureux. Zinc Bar, New York City. 2010.

With Stephanie Young, Anne Lesley Selcer, Melissa Mack, and Lisa Robertson. With + Stand 4: The Lisa Robertson Issue release, Urban Ore, Berkeley. 2010.

Reimagining the Poet-Critic conference reading. University of California, Santa Cruz. 2010.

Graduate student reading. University of California, Davis. 2009.

With Joseph Atkins, Aaron Begg, and Uyen Hua. Fort Douglass, Davis. 2009.

With Aaron Begg. “Notes” installation, Fort Douglass, Davis. 2008.

Nameless Magazine quarterly readings. University of California, Davis. 2008-2010.

Produce release. University of California, Davis. 2007.

Talks

Jeff Derksen’s Poetry and the Present: Poetics and Temporalities class visit. Simon Fraser University. 2025.

“Post-Crisis to Assemblage Poetics.” With Alicia Wright, Dara Barrois/Dixon, Toby Altman, Kai Ihns, and Laura Jaramillo. American Poetry & Poetics, 2008-2025 roundtable, New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans. 2025.

“On AI, Literature, and Art” conversation. Kernel 4: LUCK release, KQED, San Francisco. 2024.

“Writing the World-System.” Desert Poetry, Joshua Tree. 2017.

Dodie Bellamy’s Transfer Literary Magazine class visit. San Francisco State University. 2017.

“Post-Crisis Militant Word” seminar co-organized with Jeff Derksen. Poetics: (The Next) 25 Years conference, University at Buffalo. 2016.

“Post-Crisis Poetics” seminar. CROSSTALK, COLOR, COMPOSITION: A Berkeley Poetry Conference, University of California, Berkeley. 2015.

Talk at Militant Research Collective meeting. International Association for Visual Culture and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Visual Activism symposium, San Francisco. 2014.

“Assembling ARMED CELL: Post-Crisis Poetics.” Learning from Oakland: Occupy Poetics panel, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present 5: Arts of the City conference, Wayne State University. 2013.

The Oakland Commune: Poetry, Politics and the Police panel. With David Buuck, Joshua Clover, and Juliana Spahr. Simon Fraser University. 2013.

“Totality and Method.” Unnameable Books, Brooklyn. 2013.

Tiffany Denman’s Uncreative Writing: Flarf and Conceptual Poetry class visit. Saint Mary's College of California. 2013.

“Language Writing and the Present.” Politics, Language Writing, and Community panel, Poetry and Poetics of the 1980s conference, University of Maine, Orono. 2012.

Community and its Discontents panel. With Anne Boyer and Linh Dinh. The Poetry Project, New York City. 2012.

“The Occupy Phenomenon and Anti-Community Poetics.” Emergent Communities in Contemporary Experimental Writing conference, University of California, Santa Cruz. 2012.

“Trance Sequence: On Anthony Braxton and Method.” RE@DS, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. 2012.

“Poetry and Militancy.” *** WORKING *** WRITING *** FIGHTING ***: A Gathering on Labor, Art & Politics, Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, Oakland. 2011.

“‘Quindecagon,’ Alain Badiou, and Strict Constructionism.” the Alphabet: A Symposium on Ron Silliman’s Long Poem, University of Windsor. 2011.

Collaborations

“Dimensions of the Totality Cantos: Garden” recording in David Horvitz’s At the limits of the city exhibition. ChertLüdde, Berlin. 2025-2026.

“The Totality Cantos Diagram” by Marc Ngui. Cover images for The Totality Cantos. 2021.

Film, music, and text performance with alex cruse and Kevin Lo as ARMED RADII and Mayakov+sky Platform. Desert Poetry, Joshua Tree. 2017.

Display of ARMED CELL’s covers and poems in Ethan Rafal’s Bibli-Agora show on publishing and social engagement. Gospel Flat Farm, Bolinas. 2015.

Drums, film, and text performance with Kern Haug and Mayakov+sky Platform. Bay Area Public School, Oakland. 2013.

Drums and text performance with Kern Haug. Cafe Dancer, New York City. 2013.

Drums and text performance with Kern Haug in Breathing Works’ AUGUST exhibition. With Amelia Stein presentation on painting. Home Alone 2 Gallery, New York City. 2013.

Music and text performance with Kern Haug. MOCO, Oakland. 2013.

Music and text performance with A White Hunter (Boris Freyman and Kern Haug), final show of their Paradigm Shift West Coast Tour. With Jealousy, Centre, and Sam Weinert. The Lab, San Francisco. 2013.

“Totality Canto 22” recording in A White Hunter’s “Psychology” video. 2012.

“Totality Canto 22” recording in A White Hunter’s “What’s up with Patriarchs?” video. 2012.

THEORY ARSENAL recording in Mayakov+sky Platform’s video “Qua Insurrection.” 2012.

Music and text performance with A White Hunter (Ignat Frege and Kern Haug). With Starskate, Moon Pearl, and Dash Jacket. Hearts and Palms, Oakland. 2012.

“AH³” poem written with Maria Damon and Christopher Funkhouser. Published in Rampike Vol. 21, No. 1.: Poetics: Part One. 2012.

“Fenced Femivisions” artwork by Robert Glass, “Structures Not Subjects” artwork by Blake Straus. ‘Lectric Collective’s Ekphrastic! (iv) event, Krowswork, Oakland. 2011.

Poetry pamphlet with Joseph Atkins, Tiffany Denman, and Jeanine Webb. Poetry is not Enough. 2010.

Music and text performance with Mama Buries as Godzilla Monastery Hiccup Future. With Mucky the Ducky, Poppet, and Sixteen-Sixteen. Fort Douglass, Davis. 2010.

Critical Responses

Barrett Watten. “Sampling Values as Poetics: A Strategy for Possible Worlds.” On Jackson Mac Low’s The Stein Poems and The Totality Cantos. The 53rd Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture. 2026.

David Lau. “Avant-Garde Then and Now: 2023 Poetry Chronicle.” Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 16. 2024.

Mark Scroggins. “Brian Ang and Bruce Andrews: Radical Conceptual Form in the Contemporary Long Poem.” The Forms of Contemporary Poetry seminar, The Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, University of Houston. 2023.

a j carruthers. “How AXIS may relate to Brian Ang’s The Totality Cantos and the idea of an ‘assemblage poetics.’” Assemblage Sampler. 2023.

Lyn Hejinian. “Lyn Hejinian on Publishing The Totality Cantos.” https://totalitycantos.net/eastwind.html#hejinian. 2022.

Barrett Watten. “Language Writing’s Concrete Utopia, From Leningrad to Occupy.” Utopia: The Avant-Garde, Modernism and (Im)possible Life. 2015.

Jeanine Webb. “Attention Span 2011.” On Paradise Now. Third Factory/Notes to Poetry. 2011.

Rodney Koeneke. Review of Paradise Now. Goodreads. 2011.

Mark Wallace. “Brief Reviews.” On Paradise Now. Thinking Again. 2011.

Employment

Bookstore Manager. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco. 2023-present.

Bookseller. Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Berkeley. 2012-2023.

Instructor and Teaching Assistant. English Department, University of California, Davis. 2008-2010.

Education

Master of Arts, Creative Writing in Poetry. University of California, Davis. 2008-2010.

Bachelor of Arts, English and Music. University of California, Davis. 2004-2008.

College Activities

Radio DJ. KDVS 90.3 FM. 2007-2010.

Poetry editor. Produce. 2007.

Awards

The Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing. Poetry, 1st place. 2008.

Albert and Elaine Borchard Fellowship from the Tomales Bay Writers’ Workshops. 2007.