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    Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife
    Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife
    Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife
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    Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife

    By Derrick Brown

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    The most famous collection and largest selling title on the Write Bloody roster. Butterfly Knife contains such award winning pieces such as �The Kurosawa Champagne,†A Finger, Two Dots, Then Me,†�Pleased to Meet You Yellow,†�The Chinese Elevator†and �Hot for Sorrow.†These are his classic, unforgettable works of poetry and fiction from 1993-2004.

    �A wit as sharp as Sedaris, a sensibility as poignant as Sexton, Brown manages to blur the lines between cult writer and poet with remarkable ease and grace.†-Anthem Magazine

    �Sincere, twisted and violently romantic.†- OC Weekly

    �Derrick Brown�s work-both on and off the page-sizzles with jolting images and blasts of humor, yet retains a deep compassion at it�s core. He has a heart the size of a Mack truck, but we�re not sure who�s behind the wheel.†-Jeffrey McDaniel, author Alibi School and The Endarkenment
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWrite Bloody Publishing
    Release dateOct 1, 2018
    ISBN9781935904946
    Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife
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    Derrick Brown

    DERRICK c. 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 presses in the country", Write Bloody Publishing. He is the author of four books of poetry

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