The Last American Valentine: Illustrated Poems to Seduce and Destroy - Paperback

by Jack Hirschman (Author), Jeffrey McDaniel (Author)

Illustrated poems to seduce and destroy. The Last American Valentine is a unique anthology of non-sappy love poetry and flash fiction.

Poet Laureates, rock musicians, actors, famed prose writers and a few talented American barfly's have been handpicked, hunted down and crammed together with an artist the world has never met. Contributor's Include:

MICHAEL MCCLURE

JACK HIRSCHMAN

MINDY NETTIFEE

RICHARD SWIFT

NATHAN WILLET

RICK LUPERT

BRENDAN CONSTANTINE

BEAU SIA

AGNETA FALK

MICHAEL ROBERTS

MICHAEL C FORD

BUDDY WAKEFIELD

AMBER TAMBLYN

JOHN GARDINER

CRISTIN OKEEFE APTOWICZ

SHAPPY SEASHOLTZ

VICTOR INFANTE

DERRICK BROWN

Praise

"Poems of romantic power and humor...A gorgeously successful union."

-OC Weekly

Author Biography

Derrick C. Brown is a novelist, comedian, poet, and storyteller. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne. He is the owner and president of Write Bloody Publishing, which Forbes and Filter Magazine call "...one of the best independent poetry presses in the country." He is the author of eight books of poetry and four children's books. The New York Times calls his work "...a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words." He lives in Los Angeles.