This week we present poet Derrick Brown. Derrick Brown is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former Paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne and is the president of one of what Forbes and Filter Magazine call “…one of the best independent poetry presses in the country”, Write Bloody Publishing. He is the author of five books of poetry and three children’s books. The New York Times calls his work, “…a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words.” He is from Austin TX. @WANPoetry writeaboutnowpoetry.com youtube.com/WANpoetry facebook.com/WANpoetry wanpoetry.tumblr.com Hosted by Davis Land. davisland.info Derrick Brown’s performance recorded at Revolution in Bryan, TX. Arranged in Bryan, TX Music from Asthmatic http://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetry http://archive.org/download/DerrickBrown/Derrick%20Brown_mixdown.mp3