Alana is Reading: Strange Light by Derrick C. Brown
Apart from reading “All About Love: New Visions” by bell hooks for Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf book club, I’ve spent most of March re-reading one of my very favorite poetry collections, “Strange Light” by Derrick C. Brown. Brown’s poetry is magnetic magic — I fell in an instant, electric love with it about a year and a half ago after watching him perform the titular piece at Sanibel Island Writers Conference, an experience I doubt I’ll ever forget. “Strange Light” is imaginative, sweetly sour and on the cusp of a witty, self-aware Bohemia. It’s filled with love, longing and joie de vivre that zig-zag into your soul and leave you starry-eyed and inspired. Run to get this, Brown’s final collection of poetry, and clutch it close to your heart. I know I do.
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