Tag: husband
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Radio | Poet, Husband and Father, George Cook
Husband and father, George Cook, discusses his collection of poems, “Let’s Talk Honestly: One Black Man’s Thoughts“, and what inspired him to pen them. Tune in.
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Picture and Story
The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.” –Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You,…
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The Business of Writing
“It’s way harder to establish a career as a working writer than to get published by a traditional New York publishing house.” —Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting,…
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interesting and blessed day…
interesting day… i interviewed novelist, Thrity Umrigar, on her latest work, The Weight of Heaven. such a nice person. then i wrote several blogs about her. south asian writers have so influenced me–Jhumpa Lahiri, Lavanya Sankaran, Manil Suri, and of course, Thrity Umrigar.. i wish more black and african americans read their work. we could…
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Inspiration
The Dance, a video that my friend who is a dancer sent me is still churning my unconscious and causing me to reflect upon my own life story. Like most writers I suffer from depression. And not unlike many writers, my childhood was not the idyllic one American culture says we are to have.
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Tax Time | Adding Up the Numbers: Taking Account
Today I was adding up the numbers for my tax accountant–you know those numbers that show how much money you’ve earned–hopefully doing what you love–and then the amount you spent–those deductions–the cost of doing what you love.
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Tax Time | Adding Up the Numbers: Taking Account
Today I was adding up the numbers for my tax accountant–you know those numbers that show how much money you’ve earned–hopefully doing what you love–and then the amount you spent–those deductions–the cost of doing what you love.