Velez

To celebrate Valentine's Day (February 14), millions of Americans gave or received traditional gifts of the season… chocolate, flowers, jewelry. But Mary Esselman and Elizabeth Ash Velez favor a more literate approach to romance. The two writers share a love for poetry. They have always enjoyed reading, exchanging and collecting poems… especially love poems. Ms. Velez, an English Professor at Georgetown University, says most collections feature verses about unbelievably idealized love. So, when she and her friend compiled their collection, they chose love poems for real life, and called it You Drive Me Crazy.