Bushwick Book Club Seattle: Creating with Jason Prokowiew

Written By Polybanderous Productions
 

Polybanderous was recently tasked to create a song based on a Jason Prokowiew's short story from the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Anthology — a writer whose memoir War Boys traces his Russian father's adoption by Nazis during World War II and the trauma that rippled into the next generation.

For Episode 12 of the Bushwick Book Club Seattle's 2025–2026 collaborative series, Polybanderous responded with something more experimental — music that tries to hold the weight of Prokowiew's words rather than resolve it. Watch the full video above: Jason reads first, then the song follows.

 
Polybanderous Productions

Polybanderous Productions is a Seattle, WA based music & video production company owned and operated by Bradford King. A singer/songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, designer, software developer, handyman, and multi-instrumentalist with 20 years of experience in live performance, studio recording, graphic design, band management, software development & testing, and production. Over the years, I’ve toured nationally, performed locally at notable venues like The Showbox, El Corazon, The Crocodile, Neumos, Barboza, The Substation, The Funhouse, and CenturyLink Field (for the Seahawks game day opener), and have been featured on the television series Band In Seattle. I’ve also worked for 19 years as a C# software engineer & tester for Microsoft, Adobe, Real Networks, UPS (iShip), and several other smaller companies.

http://polybanderousproductions.com
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