CLASH Books, 2019
Winner, 2020 Colorado Book Award in Literary Fiction
Best New Colorado Novel, Denver Westword 2020
“A scorching anthem of what it means to be a young girl in a small town—the dreams that save us and the realities that pull us under. Alive with longing and the desire to break free.
—MONA AWAD, AUTHOR OF BUNNY AND ROUGE
Shearsman Books, 2008
“Chicago-based writer Brandi Homan’s first full length collection of poems, Hard Reds, is a fun read chock full of all those things hard red might suggest—nightlife, violence, passion, red dresses, sex, playfulness, paper hearts, lipstick, blood, and more. Divided in three sections, each section title also evokes the color red: ‘Like the Devil,’ ‘Two Kinds of Arson,’ and ‘The Valentine Factory.’ The author/speaker of the poems is someone who is not afraid to play with fire, someone who lives fast and hard, experiencing life in its fullest—all the ins and outs, ups and downs. With a careful eye for detail, Homan is unabashed and direct. A little like Johnny Rotten, Homan may not know what she wants, but she knows how to get it.”
—Gina Myers, Bookslut
Shearsman Books, 2010
“In her second collection, Bobcat Country, Brandi Homan pulls a surprising bit of bait and switch. She calls the things contained therein ‘poems,’ but really, they are some of the funniest, saddest, most honest and raw pieces of autobiographical prose to come along in some time.”
Dancing Girl Press, 2007
IN FLAMING HILLBILLY COLOR (chap)
Dancing Girl Press, 2013