The Last American Valentine: Illustrated Poems to Seduce and Destroy

by Jack Hirschman, Jeffrey McDaniel, Brown C Derrick (Editor)

Overview

Illustrated poems to seduce and destroy. The Last American Valentine is a unique anthology of non-sappy love poetry and flash fiction.

Poet Laureates, rock musicians, actors, famed prose writers and a few talented American barfly's have been handpicked, hunted down and crammed together with an artist the world has never met. Contributor's Include:

MICHAEL MCCLURE

JACK HIRSCHMAN

MINDY NETTIFEE

RICHARD SWIFT

NATHAN WILLET

RICK LUPERT

BRENDAN CONSTANTINE

BEAU SIA

AGNETA FALK

MICHAEL ROBERTS

MICHAEL C FORD

BUDDY WAKEFIELD

AMBER TAMBLYN

JOHN GARDINER

CRISTIN OKEEFE APTOWICZS

HAPPY SEASHOLTZ

ROGER BONAIR AGARD

LYNNE PROCOPE

VICTOR INFANTE

DERRICK BROWN

Praise

"Poems of romantic power and humor...A gorgeously successful union."

-OC Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780978998974
Publisher:	Write Bloody Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2024
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Derrick C. Brown is a novelist, comedian, poet, and storyteller. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne. He is the owner and president of Write Bloody Publishing, which Forbes and Filter Magazine call "...one of the best independent poetry presses in the country." He is the author of eight books of poetry and four children's books. The New York Times calls his work "...a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words." He lives in Los Angeles.

Read an Excerpt

The Quiet World
by Jeffrey McDaniel

In an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
the government has decided to allot
each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it
to my ear without saying hello.
In the restaurant I point
at chicken noodle soup. I am
adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long
distance lover and proudly say
I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn't respond, I know
she's used up all her words
so I slowly whisper I love you,
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.

Editorial Reviews

Poems of romantc power and humor...A gorgeously successful unon.

-OC Weekly

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