Brooklyn Reads: Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt with Brontez Purnell

Brontez Purnell reads from his debut poetry collection 'Ten Bridges I've Burnt' at a February 15 Brooklyn event — a peripatetic memoir in verse.

Brooklyn Reads: Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt with Brontez Purnell

Thursday, February 15, 7–9 pm

Celebrate Valentine’s Day and the release of Ten Bridges I’ve Burntwith author Brontez Purnell, the “bard of the underloved and overlooked.” In his first collection of verse, Purnell reflects on his peripatetic life marked by misadventures and sexcapades. 

Purnell—who is also the frontperson of the band the Younger Lovers—begins this program with a performance. Next, he is joined in conversation by actor, singer-songwriter, and visual artist Justin Vivian Bond.

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