Derrick C. Brown
"Derrick C. Brown is a rare combination of Creative Professional and Literary Innovator” -Amber Tamblyn, author and actor.
Derrick C. Brown is a skilled creative professional providing copywriting, editing, lecturing, and ghostwriting services. With over 20 years of experience and 165 edited titles, he serves individual and corporate clients. An award-winning storyteller and poet, his work has been recognized by The New York Times for its powerful wordcraft. His poetry earned the 2013 Texas Book of the Year award, and his comedy album 'A Close Shave with Heaven' was named one of Paste Magazine's best albums. Brown founded Write Bloody Publishing, praised by Forbes and Filter Magazine as one of the top independent presses in the U.S., supporting diverse writers for over two decades. He also speaks publicly and hosts the creativity podcast 'Party with Honor.' Whether you need captivating copy, precise editing, insightful lectures, or a ghostwriter, Derrick C. Brown has the creative skills and experience to enhance your project.
“I wish I had written ‘Patience.’ I mean written it down on paper. I’ve thought it to myself several times in different countries, but now Derrick has re-earned my trust after initially losing it by naming his book, Scandalabra, with a pun.”
“Derrick’s poems, for me, are so generous. Generous in their wit and honesty, mesmerizing fragments of vivid memories. Like sitting next to the most fascinating drunk stranger and hearing his tales. All of them are happily part of my life now.”
“Derrick Brown makes the often unbearable art form of poetry a true, unexpected joy. I think there’s a reasonable chance he is America’s greatest living poet and you will enjoy his work.”
“Derrick Brown doesn’t just report from the human condition, he sings it— capturing how it feels to be absolutely alive in poems that are simultaneously romantic, wacky, soulful, wounded and full of wonder.”
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WB Publishing is the non-profit parent organization of Write Bloody Publishing. Our mission at WB Publishing is to amplify the voices of diverse poets across the United States through touring, workshops, and publishing by signing and promoting underrepresented, talented voices in poetry. We are dedicated to fostering inclusivity, creativity, and cultural representation in literature.
Our goals are to support touring authors, sponsor live readings, publish new books, and, in the future, launch a West Coast version of Hugo House or Portland Literary Arts here in Los Angeles, The Fascination Station.
“There’s something that happens when you read Derrick Brown, a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words... When you read any of his work...or when you have the fantastic fortune to watch him perform it in person, you yourself are a bit more alive.”
“Why don’t his poems rhyme?”
