Upside Brown (Pale Ale Poets Series) [Paperback]

Bil Luther (Author), Carole Luther (Editor), Derrick C. Brown (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Derrick Brown is one of the most talented performing artists I have ever encountered. Quiet and unassuming in a one-on-one encounter, he transforms into a colossus on the stage. His unique style engages, moves, and tickles the listener into teary-eyed laughter. He’s hilarious at times with his poignant insight, and yet dead serious to the bull’s eye always. Truth be told, he’s the only person I know who has ever "left his wallet in the afterlife." This book brings as much of him as can be brought to the printed page, and that's a lot.

Carole Luther

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ex Paratrooper who claims he never landed on his head, bu bu but... Singer/Composer Poet/Performer... 2nd place Personal Peformance in the Slam Nationals in 1998 in Austin, Texas. Derrick's appearance at any poetry reading always draws a maximum crowd, but in person he is a thoughtful, quiet unassuming guy with a lot of personal charisma.

Product Details

• Paperback: 58 pages
• Publisher: FarStarFire Press; 2 edition (January 1, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 1929250002
• ISBN-13: 978-1929250004
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,120,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a reader's poet, August 7, 2000

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John C. Rodriguez (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Upside Brown (Pale Ale Poets Series) (Paperback)

There are writer's writers and reader's writers. Derrick is definately a reader's writer. What's that mean? His poetry is entertaining, clever, funny, well paced, diverse and very readable. Spend a few moments with his poems, or dig deep into them. The choice is yours. His direct writing is easy to relate to. The honesty of his voice (pacing, phrasing, subject matter) comes through written as it does spoken (I've actually heard/seen him read!). He doesn't try to alienate the reader with over-complicated imagery or flowery rhyme drenched drivel. As a writer, myself, I read his poetry in awe. Nothing is forced and all the words seem to come out from nowhere, completely unpredictable, and packed with so many lines wishe I had written. Some of the poems are silly, some very deep, some are random thoughts, but all are engaging. GET THIS BOOK!

4.0 out of 5 stars you'll go down for upside brown, January 26, 2000

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tim mcgraw (austin, texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Upside Brown (Pale Ale Poets Series) (Paperback)

you need this book if you are a twisted romantic. good independent books are hard to find. when you do find them, it's far greater than buried treasure. forget the weird clip art cover of this book and the picture on the back of the author being a total goofball. the interior of this will wash you with electricity. upside brown seemed flawed to me at first. rarely do you find poets who are serious and hilarious and sexual and childlike and explosively weird. this is a ride into the mind of an author who has tapped into beauty and loss. they are more fantastical imaginary trips than autobiographical. I wouldn't share it with my children, until they were ready to have their hearts broken. it was such a treat. i bought it from the strange title alone and was often broken by the authors insight into the human spirit.