By Alan Kingalanwking.wordpress.comApril 21, 2011 Derrick Weston Brown holds an MFA in creative writing from American University. He is a…
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Wisdom Teeth on Split this Rock
By Katie O’HareSplit this RockJuly 15, 2011 After reading Derrick Weston Brown’s Wisdom Teeth, it’s hard to believe this is…
Averse to Illiteracy: Poets Come Out Against DC’s Ailing Public School Libraries
By Alan Kingalanwking.wordpress.comAugust 7th, 2011 Walking past DC’s Watts Park in Northeast, the people stopped in their tracks when they…
HoCoPoLitSo’s writer-in-residence Derrick Weston Brown seeks to inspire the poet within us all
by L’Oreal ThompsonThe Baltimore SunMarch 20th, 2013 “Attention, attention … the mic is now open.” It is only fitting that…
Read Derrick Weston Brown’s Devastating Poetic Response to Charleston
By Sameer RaoColorlinesJune 19th, 2015 Sometimes, in the immediate aftermath of a brutal tragedy like Wednesday’s massacre of nine black…
Teaching for Change Interview with Derrick Weston Brown
By Don AllenApril 5, 2011 Teaching for Change staff member Derrick Weston Brown has just released his first book of…
The Poet Bears Witness: A Creative Session with Derrick Weston Brown
by Courtney McSwainemPowerNovember 14th, 2012 If you’ve spent any time in Washington, D.C.’s Busboys and Poets, the popular restaurant and…