"I've done a few shows with Derrick, and I love how his poems connect with an audience with these unique setups and surprise left hooks. He is a chef that serves my favorite recipe of sarcastic but never cynical. The pieces are funny as hell, and some are fearlessly heavy, with a naked sadness, and some are very stupid. Is that courageous? There is something very human in riding that roller coaster in front of an audience, conducting us from laughter to wonder. It's fair to say that he is my favorite living poet over six feet tall that isn't on heroin."
-Bobcat Goldthwait, Comedian, Director
Derrick C. brown is a heart whisperer & this collection is no exception. Equal parts devastating, hilarious, and swoon-worthy, Love Ends in a Tandem Kayak is a roadmap for every romantic looking to stay hopeful, a reminder that when love abandons us, it's only making room for more of itself to squeeze in.
-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
