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Brutalism is a literary movement formed in 2006 by three writers from the north of England (Tony O'Neill, Adelle Stripe and Ben Myers).[1]

The Brutalists are affiliated with the Offbeat generation, a loose association of like-minded writers working across different styles but united by their opposition to a mainstream publishing industry driven by marketing departments.

The movement was launched via the social networking site Myspace.[2]

Brutalist works include Digging the Vein, Down and Out on Murder Mile, Seizure Wet Dreams, and Songs from the Shooting Gallery by Tony O'Neill, Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid and Cigarettes in Bed by Adelle Stripe, and The Book of Fuck, Richard: A Novel and Pig Iron by Ben Myers.

Their debut publication Nowhere Fast was released as a chapbook on Captains of Industry Press in 2007.

Brutalism 2 Cheap Thrills was released in summer 2009 as part of Mineshaft Magazine, where a new collection of Brutalist poems featured alongside unpublished work by Robert Crumb and Charles Bukowski.

References

  1. ^ Ridgwell, Joseph (26 July 2007). "The rise and rise of the Brutalists". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ Devaney, Beulah (2 July 2016). "Remembering Brutalism: the Myspace Literary Movement that Everyone Hated". Vice. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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