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.

Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black and White Oleander

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 Strange Light, when you read any of his work really, or when you have the fantastic fortune to watch him perform it in person, you yourself are a bit more alive.

Joel Lovell, The New York Times

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. 

Eugene Mirman of Bob's Burgers and Flight of the Conchords