Derrick C. Brown

Derrick C. Brown, a poet/performer and former paratrooper born January 19th 1978, travels the world performing his written work. He has gained a something of a cult following for his performances, which incorporate spoken word, music and even magic. To date, Brown has performed at over 1500 venues and universities, including La Sorbonne in Paris and The Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City.

He won the California Independent Book Critics' Award in 2004 for his written work, and his performance poetry has won six first-place slam finishes. He was placed second in the National Poetry Slam individual championship in 1998.^[1]

In 2004, Brown started Write Bloody Publishing, an independent press based in Murfreesboro, TN.

In October 2006, he was joined by poet and actress Amber Tamblyn for several poetry performances in California.

Brown was also the lead singer/song writer of the John Wilkes Kissing Booth.^[2] and All Black Cinema.

In 2006 Marc Smith, founder of the National Poetry Slam, rated Brown as one of the top five poets in America.^[2]

He is a member of 2007's Solomon Sparrow's Electric Whale Revival and 2008's Junkyard Ghost Revival, both of which featured poets Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani as actively touring members.

Bibliography

• The Last American Valentine (Write Bloody Publishing)
• I Love You Is Back (Write Bloody Publishing)
• Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife^[3] (Write Bloody Publishing)
• Scandalabra: Poetry & Prose

Albums

• Greatest Slits
• All Black Cinema
• My Hands, Your Neck

See also

Poetry portal

• Write Bloody Publishing

References

1. ^ "Slam Winners". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1998-08-30. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100F29EF1F4BFD20&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "You'll Want More". OC Weekly. 2006-04-06. http://www.ocweekly.com/2006-04-06/culture/you-ll-want-more/. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
3. ^ "BOOK REVIEW: Derrick Brown bares it all in 'Butterfly Knife'". University Wire. 2006-07-26. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126729508.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 

External links

• Official Website
• Write Bloody Publishing
• Audio of "A Finger and Two Dots," "Pussycat Lust Blaster," "CPR," "How The Jellyfish Wishes" and "The Demon's First Date" (among others) on Indiefeed Performance Poetry Channel
• Trailer for documentary about Derrick C. Brown, "You Belong Everywhere"

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