Giovanni Boskovich (b. 1985) is a poet and educator born and raised in San Pedro, California. He holds an MA in Literature from California State University Dominguez Hills where he published a thesis on Emily Dickinson.  His work has appeared in California Quarterly, Arteidolia Press, the Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Big Windows Review, POETiCA REVIEW, Broken Lens Journal, and Five Nine (forthcoming). His first full-length poetry collection, The Tautology of Water, is now available via Moon Tide Press. In his free time, he surfs anywhere from Cabrillo Beach to Topanga. 

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UPCOMING EVENTS


POETRY

Debut Collection
The Tautology of Water, Moon Tide Press 

BROKEN LENS JOURNAL
Naples (for Cookie Mueller)

ARTEIDOLIA PRESS
Cassavetes’ Underpainting - Cherries - Colloquy - Lavender Tea

THE BIG WINDOWS REVIEW
Topanga Ranch Motel

CALIFORNIA STATE POETRY SOCIETY
Lines Composed Above Cabrillo Beach

SANTA BARBARA LITERARY JOURNAL Ophelia, Imagined Somewhere in Los Angeles -
Sonnet - Drowning

BLUE PRESS UK






BOOK REVIEWS OF THE TAUTOLOGY OF WATER


A strange accomplishment: Boskovich's poems come audaciously phrased while simultaneously imbuing an air of tranquility. His writing transports the reader to a time of misty-eyed romantic tradition, and feels a palliative to the modern swell of navel-gazing alt-lit irony.

    —Clark Allen, publisher, Five Nine Press


Giovanni Boskovich's The Tautology of Water is a liquid feast of lyricism and musicality that snakes through the meandering streets, alleys, and walkways of beloved cityscapes and coastal enclaves, spanning continents and oceans. As Boskovich embarks on journeys through these various geographies, he aims to remind us of the innate beauty inherent in the ruptures between modernity and antiquity that surrounds us, asking the reader "What is this colloquy between absence and presence?" It is in these moments of ample silence where The Tautology of Water thrives, singing in this liminal space and flourishing in the disconnection from the din of the attention economy, beckoning the reader to slip away and join the conversation.

    — Adam Stutz, author of The Sham Tapestry
  CONTACT

giovanni.boskovich@gmail.com

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DEBUT COLLECTION AVAILABLE VIA MOON TIDE PRESS

The Tautology of Water, Giovanni Boskovich’s debut book of poems, focuses on intersecting bodies of water and bloodlines, while exploring topics as wide-ranging as Marcel Proust and the byzantine nature of Los Angeles freeways. The book functions as an ersatz field guide to his native Southern California, but more specifically a tribute to the interstitial, overlooked towns of his youth.

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