This selection of poems from 2010 and 2011 explores the following notions: what constitutes meaning, what cajoles the human... More > being into realms of greater joy, and what absurdities constitute our personal cobbled reality. The poems move in the direction of describing how human beings illustrate, embellish, create, and hide from the rich realities that make up our earthly and spiritual existence. < Less

Mr. Levine's second book contains the complete collection of poems from mid 1985 to 2007. It is a rich and mature work of... More > deeply personal and intimate expressions. The subject matter varies from the everyday to the profound, from shopping to death. Mr. Levine's visions often arrive in the morning as complete entities that require only the slightest alterations. Included in this book are sections inspired by travel in Amsterdam and Peru, and a section provoked by the passing of a dear friend. < Less

This historical look at the beginnings of a distinguished poet, Collected Early Poems shows Mr. Levine's growth from roots... More > in traditional lyric poetry as it mixes with timely excursions into absurdist, sardonic, social, psychological insights heralded by consciousness-expanding elements that emerged into the culture in the early sixties. This collection sets the foundation for his next book, Flying Game, a collection of poems from 1985 to 2007 that includes poems written during international travel. < Less

This collection of poems from 2009 and part of 2010 brings together a dreamy fictional feeling to the very real emotions of... More > growing and being part of the creative process. Including mundane occurrences as the context for profound events and the possibility for spontaneous transformation, these lyrical feasts offer improvisational nourishment for the soul as it toils in the unconscious. < Less

A well-meaning group of gifted friends, a wily investor, and a vain business mogul find humorous and bizarre challenges in... More > the unique environment of Portland, Oregon, and the Northwest. Local self-help culture collides with the demeaning manipulations of local politics and business, when a homeless teen center begins to turn into a “stocking pen” for breeders at a Northwest polygamous cult. A manipulative, sleep-deprived tyrant attempts to change his ways through New Age therapy and seeks to immortalize himself by commissioning a self-aggrandizing opera. Don Inferno is Jug Brown’s third book. Now featuring illustrations by Stewart Thomas. < Less

This most current collection of poems come from the year 2008. The poems address the intimate processes at work in the inner... More > world. From dreams, to politics, to social issues, everything that emerges in these poems seems to come from a deep universal unconscious. < Less

THE LAGUNA SQUEEZE follows a rogue cop on a corrupt journey through the enfeebled sociopolitical underbelly of Eugene,... More > Oregon. The story includes a “nano-savant” who can see molecular components and understand how they will behave, a crooked mayor, an environmental protest gone wrong, and a pharmaceutical think-tank that creates and markets new “diseases” for its failed products. < Less

Two friends venture into the greasy heart of the carny world in search of a magical bible to find an increasingly delusional... More > preacher with the power to command his minions. This humorous and poignant tour takes us on a seamy search through the eccentric world of freaks and cons to find true family values. < Less

An amusing page-turning tale of clashing cultures in today’s America. This off-beat romp mixes its unlikely characters... More > into a sardonic cocktail with a fresh twist. Jackson Puffi, professional underachiever, picks up Hudson, a hitchhiker with mysterious powers and their lives are changed forever. On a mission to transform their world, they move to Portland, Oregon to find homeless teens; a Rumi scholar/bike messenger/dungeon mistress; a sinuous monkey-boy; hillbillies; a predatory religious eccentric/venture capitalist; a vengeful mobster/ businessman who desperately needs a liver donation; and a wily donut maker. The Way to Chickenboy is the second book by Jug Brown. His first was Bush Bash to Drongo 9, a sci-fi version of a classic Somerset Maugham book. Now featuring illustrations by Stewart Thomas. < Less

This historical look at the beginnings of a distinguished poet, Collected Early Poems shows Mr. Levine's growth from roots... More > in traditional lyric poetry as it mixes with timely excursions into absurdist, sardonic, social, psychological insights heralded by consciousness-expanding elements that emerged into the culture in the early sixties. This collection sets the foundation for his next book, Flying Game, a collection of poems from 1985 to 2007 that includes poems written during international travel. < Less