Occulis

Simon Occulis: the artist formally known as Brandon Pitts

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Fun times. Toronto poets hanging out in Montreal after the Lawn Chair Soirée. From right to left: @caesardaniyal, Norman Cristofoli, @ifthepoet, @simonocculis, @mr.pardyyyyyy and @katielongboat.beadwork @brian_campbell_muse showed up later. (at Brutopia Brew Pub) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp78SWrgfAK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This event has been rescheduled for April 20th. Thank you for everyone who was planning to attend and sorry if there is any inconvenience. I hope you will join @devon.gallant and I next month. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0ha38v8EP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I, along with the amazing @devon.gallant will be reciting work from all three of my books published by @mosaicpress Thursday March 16th at 7pm. @phoenixbooksndg (at Phoenix Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpi2y4Zv-qM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy birthday dear departed friend. I miss you. You left our world smaller. #nikbeat https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRk-2DOSyM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy lives to come out and hear me recite and read from my work. And thank you for those who bought a copy of the Gospel of Now. I am honoured. And thank you Duane Kirby Jensen for hosting. You are the best. (at Everett, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn47qpQPQZt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Woodcut print of a Richland H house from the Gospel of Now: If your father wore a radiation suit and risked his life, you lived in one of the military-style homes in the older part of Richland. These houses resembled a base, built by the Army Corps of Engineers to house the workers of the Manhattan Project. They were dull, simple Army designs without garages, each variation named with a different letter: A, B, C, etc. Novel available at Occulis dot net And wherever fine books are sold. #richlandwa #richland #tricities #simonocculis #thegospelofnow #richlandalphabethouse #richlandalphabethouses https://www.instagram.com/p/CnX-jASpq_C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Woodcut print and text from the Gospel of Now : Everyone called our logo “The Bomb.” Or maybe it was just an explosion? I don’t know. It looked like an explosion to me, a mushroom cloud, Japanese killing blast. I couldn’t figure out why everyone called it the Bomb. Novel available at Occulis dot net. #richlandbombers #Hanford #richlandhigh #richlandwa #nagasakibomb #mosaicpress #occulis #simonocculis https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2jQ3lJBrj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Gospel of Now Book Trailer

The Gospel of Nowby Simon OcculisAvailable where all fine books are sold:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gospel-of-now-brandon-pitts/1141579951?ean=9781...

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occulis.net

“A great punk rock coming-of-age story set in Eastern Washington in the 1980s – then emerging as a satellite to the nascent Seattle music scene hub. Hormonal teenage angst meets radioactive rabbit shit as wayward youth contemplate life, jobs, and the future — and escaping the drudgery of their nuclear-bomb-producing factory town.”

Wez Lundry — Thrasher Magazine

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A piece of my poem the New Jerusalem. This is a Triune, a poetic form that is three poems in one. This is the final part of my interview on CIUT 89.5 HOWL by Valentino Assenza. The voices reciting the poem with me are Norman Cristofoli and Stedmond Pardy.

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Part 10 of my interview on CIUT 89.5 fm’s HOWL by Valentino Assenza.

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Part 9 of my interview on CIUT 89.5 fm’s HOWL by Valentino Assenza.

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Part 8 of my interview on CIUT 89.5 fm’s HOWL by Valentino Assenza.

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Part 7 of my interview on CIUT 89.5 fm’s HOWL.

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Part 6 of my interview on HOWL, CIUT 89.4 fm.

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Part 6 of my interview on Howl, CIUT 89.5 fm.

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Part 4 of my interview with Valentino Assenza on CIUT 89.5 fm’s literary radio show HOWL. 

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Part 3 of my interview on CIUT 89.5 fm’s literary radio show HOWL by Valentino Assenza.