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May.12.2013
Dear Readers: I’d love to see you at my upcoming book launches in New York at 6 pm on Thursday, 23 May and Berkeley at 2 pm on Sunday, 2 June.
What comes to mind when I write that someone has used words as blunt instruments? Insults or arguments maybe, the kind of...
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Mar.09.2013
Photo: Cover of the Library of America edition, from this link.
I wrote a blog last year about a very real-to-life and entertaining short story by this guy, here. Please read that one, if you haven't, before you continue on here. I just re-read it myself, since I wrote it last...
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Feb.22.2013
image via cartoon-prductions.be
Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon
For all the verbiage there’s not much here - but then there is. If you’re looking for interior looks at characters and a memorable story, you won’t find either. But then that’s the way of this postmodern novel genre. (I won’t go...
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Jan.21.2013
I believe it goes without saying that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a champion of diversity.
It also goes without saying that championing a cause is one thing; giving your life for it is another thing entirely.
Dr. King's passion to ensure civil rights for all individuals regardless...
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Jan.14.2013
To look at a photo of Flannery O'Connor (born in 1925 and died in 1964) would probably lead one to conclude she was a bit of a prig, especially when it comes to attitudes on human sexuality and racial equality (she was born and bread Southern).
However, I'm currently reading her collected works (a...
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Jan.11.2013
I was touched by this story I read regarding Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald (courtesy of Lattes and Lipstick):
Apparently in the 1950s, a popular nightclub, Mocambo would not book Ella Fitzgerald because she was Black. Fortunately for Ella, she had a powerful and unlikely...
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Nov.04.2012
Like so many Americans on the eve of this very important election, I have been engaging in political reflection. As we are bombarded by sound bites, incredibly polarized opinions, racial turmoil and socio-economic bias, my head has shaken back and forth so violently I fear whiplash....
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Oct.01.2012
My friend, and author, Kate Tenbeth has an exciting new release! Here is the official story from her publisher:Hello everyone! GMTA Publishing has a new YA novel set to come out on October 1st by Kate Tenbeth! Here's your first look at the amazing cover by UK artist Elizabeth Eisen!About the book:...
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Aug.14.2012
Tonight joining Phil are the Sports Goons Jameyan Smith to talk Atlanta Braves Baseball as well as the rest of the National League East, True Blue LA's Eric Stephen is here to talk Los Angeles Dodger baseball as well as the rest of the National League West and Pitcher's Hit Eighth's Dennis Lawson...
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Aug.06.2012
"Jim Crow" is an expression used to refer to customs and laws that oppress African Americans. Jim Crow was a down on his luck black man who may not have been a real character. Songs were written about Jim Crow and white entertainers with blackface appeared in minstrel shows depicting him.
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