Brutalism is a

literary movement Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing ...

formed in 2006 by three writers from the north of England (

Tony O'Neill Tony O'Neill (born 1978, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English writer based in New York. A one-time musician with Kenickie (1997–98), Marc Almond (1997–98), The Brian Jonestown Massacre (1999) and Kelli Ali (2001–04), O'Neill is also the a ...

Adelle Stripe Adelle Stripe (born 1976) is an English writer and journalist. Work Stripe's writing is rooted in the non-fiction novel form and explores working-class culture, untold histories of Northern England, popular music, and small-town life. ''Bla ...

and

Ben Myers Benjamin Myers (born January 1976) is an English writer and journalist. Early life Myers grew up in Belmont, County Durham, and was a pupil at the estate's local comprehensive school where he become interested in reading and skateboarding. My ...

). 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 may have been the first literary movement to be launched via the social networking site Myspace. Brutalist works include ''Digging the Vein'', ''Down and Out on Murder Mile'', ''Seizure Wet Dreams'', and ''Songs from the Shooting Gallery'' by

, ''Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid'' and ''Cigarettes in Bed'' by

, and ''The Book of Fuck'', '' Richard: A Novel'' and ''Pig Iron'' by

. 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 ''Mineshaft'' is an independent international art magazine launched in 1999 by Everett Rand and Gioia Palmieri in Guilford, Vermont. Initially focusing on poetry and literature, the magazine began to publish comics after Robert Crumb became a c ...

, where a new collection of Brutalist poems featured alongside unpublished work by

Robert Crumb Robert Dennis Crumb (; born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contem ...

and

Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...

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