Wesley Rothman

"The poems are full of gorgeous & introspective exclamations made out of protest, out of rhymes, out of metronomes, ocean, & love. Each poem crackles with its own unexpected rhythms & the sum of all these exquisite sounds is a thoughtful exploration of spirituality & wonder. This is a sophisticated & capacious book, one that uses the brain & ear to unknot some of the most important questions of our times."   - ADRIAN MATEJKA

"The energy is constant & the voltage never fades in Wesley Rothman's booming debut."   - YONA HARVEY

“This is a fine ass book.” - MAJOR JACKSON

"Tune in and up to SUBWOOFER’s disquieting pulse; I suspect it will reverberate long after you read it." - DOUGLAS KEARNEY

"Wesley Rothman, in his remarkable first book, is not really writing about race; he’s writing into race. His primary interest is not in retelling racial history or recording instances of racist actions and ideas. His concern is to uncover what, for himself as a white person, is beneath those narratives and attitudes, and to begin the work of transformation... If SUBWOOFER is a record of Wesley Rothman’s own spiritual journey into his racial self, it’s also an invitation to the reader to make or continue her own."   - MARTHA COLLINS