Brook Bhagat is proud to announce the Dec. 1, 2026 release of her newest collection of poetry and prose, Exodus with Red Delicious, from Unsolicited Press. The book explores the relative nature of truth, death, love, volcanoes, and entangled particles. The muses on Titan who swim during the day, drinking white Russians in their drippy gauze dresses. A kid selling Guitar Hero on Craigslist. A ghost mouse, a fortune teller, a time-traveling train in Delhi. What it’s like trying to write about a time-traveling train in Delhi when your dad is on hospice. How if you risk everything because nothing means anything, sometimes you get love in the end.
Exodus is an unflinching journey through grief, love, anger, beauty, rebellion, and transformation. It is fiercely feminist and brutally honest, whimsical and heartbreaking, personal and universal.
Brook expresses her gratitude to Pikes Peak State College for granting the sabbatical that made the book possible and to The Nearby Universe for their encouragement and feedback, which undoubtedly made the book better. Learn more about the collection here: Exodus with Red Delicious
