Author: Peggy Spolar
Publisher: Stratton Press
ISBN: 9781643455198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Author exposes and records America's curious sordid activities coast to coast that are well "Beneath the Hype". Over the last 30 years she has traveled through what most would consider "Dangerous Doors". She is the testimony of a "Survivor" and has recounted her life's travels. She has been involved in the sport and entertainment field more than 25 years and her knowledge of contracts without equal. Her credentials exceed most professionals in the field. She is a personal business manager to stars and is an experienced music analyst. She is an inventor, a performer, a speaker, a filmmaker, and a record label and music publisher. She's as old as the soul on your home stereo. Ms. Peggy better known as "This White Bitch Crazy" hit the streets in search of cover-ups on the "Streets of Gold" Philly. Her life's story crosses the boundaries of entertainment, sports, drugs and criminality. The rich and poor have crossed her door. Her life is an "Extraordinary Life" only few could imagine according to Geoffrey Atkins former consultant for Ruff Ryders and CEO of GERDT. Ms. Peggy is livin' proof that comin' from nothin' doesn't mean you can't be something. She is an electrically energized woman who has sat at the table of some of the largest companies and law firms in the world. Ms. Peggy chilled on the set of American Bandstand as a young girl with Bill Haley's Comets. Ms. Peggy gets respect from major players in the entertainment industry as a businesswoman on top of her game. She has had her share of props rhyming free style for industry professionals such as Outcast, Master P, Tupac's Family, Lil Pippin' and members of the Dogg Pound. She was befriended by members of the Wu Tang Clan, Nelly's Camp, Don King's Family, the Jackson Family, the Motown Family, Easy Mo Bee; the list is endless. There's one thing they all can agree on and that is, "This White Bitch Crazy". She is the "Spolarized Dope-A-Mean" fix for people to be able to "Stand to Their Feet as a Masterpiece" regardless of the shoe they're in and rise above their obstacles. The urban community gives respect to this mother, grandmother, and great grandmother rapper who has shown true grit by learning the streets and the corruption within the entertainment industry. Ms. Peggy is the personal business manager of stars and the CEO of multiple corporations. She began her movie interest on the first production of Miramax. She was an invited guest at Trump Mar-A-Lago for "A Night with the Stars" in which she credits Frank Stallone for his generosity sharing the art of music. Ms. Peggy gives it to everyone straight up and for some unknown reason people can't seem to get enough of her in the raw. Should you ever be on a street corner and this blonde offers you her hand, take hold of it; it could be the ride of your life. Most everyone who knows her wish they had her endurance. She is the epitome of how to shine the star that you are according to Dr. Mark Steinhoff.
All in One Life Beneath the Hype
Author: Peggy Spolar
Publisher: Stratton Press
ISBN: 9781643455198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Author exposes and records America's curious sordid activities coast to coast that are well "Beneath the Hype". Over the last 30 years she has traveled through what most would consider "Dangerous Doors". She is the testimony of a "Survivor" and has recounted her life's travels. She has been involved in the sport and entertainment field more than 25 years and her knowledge of contracts without equal. Her credentials exceed most professionals in the field. She is a personal business manager to stars and is an experienced music analyst. She is an inventor, a performer, a speaker, a filmmaker, and a record label and music publisher. She's as old as the soul on your home stereo. Ms. Peggy better known as "This White Bitch Crazy" hit the streets in search of cover-ups on the "Streets of Gold" Philly. Her life's story crosses the boundaries of entertainment, sports, drugs and criminality. The rich and poor have crossed her door. Her life is an "Extraordinary Life" only few could imagine according to Geoffrey Atkins former consultant for Ruff Ryders and CEO of GERDT. Ms. Peggy is livin' proof that comin' from nothin' doesn't mean you can't be something. She is an electrically energized woman who has sat at the table of some of the largest companies and law firms in the world. Ms. Peggy chilled on the set of American Bandstand as a young girl with Bill Haley's Comets. Ms. Peggy gets respect from major players in the entertainment industry as a businesswoman on top of her game. She has had her share of props rhyming free style for industry professionals such as Outcast, Master P, Tupac's Family, Lil Pippin' and members of the Dogg Pound. She was befriended by members of the Wu Tang Clan, Nelly's Camp, Don King's Family, the Jackson Family, the Motown Family, Easy Mo Bee; the list is endless. There's one thing they all can agree on and that is, "This White Bitch Crazy". She is the "Spolarized Dope-A-Mean" fix for people to be able to "Stand to Their Feet as a Masterpiece" regardless of the shoe they're in and rise above their obstacles. The urban community gives respect to this mother, grandmother, and great grandmother rapper who has shown true grit by learning the streets and the corruption within the entertainment industry. Ms. Peggy is the personal business manager of stars and the CEO of multiple corporations. She began her movie interest on the first production of Miramax. She was an invited guest at Trump Mar-A-Lago for "A Night with the Stars" in which she credits Frank Stallone for his generosity sharing the art of music. Ms. Peggy gives it to everyone straight up and for some unknown reason people can't seem to get enough of her in the raw. Should you ever be on a street corner and this blonde offers you her hand, take hold of it; it could be the ride of your life. Most everyone who knows her wish they had her endurance. She is the epitome of how to shine the star that you are according to Dr. Mark Steinhoff.
Publisher: Stratton Press
ISBN: 9781643455198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Author exposes and records America's curious sordid activities coast to coast that are well "Beneath the Hype". Over the last 30 years she has traveled through what most would consider "Dangerous Doors". She is the testimony of a "Survivor" and has recounted her life's travels. She has been involved in the sport and entertainment field more than 25 years and her knowledge of contracts without equal. Her credentials exceed most professionals in the field. She is a personal business manager to stars and is an experienced music analyst. She is an inventor, a performer, a speaker, a filmmaker, and a record label and music publisher. She's as old as the soul on your home stereo. Ms. Peggy better known as "This White Bitch Crazy" hit the streets in search of cover-ups on the "Streets of Gold" Philly. Her life's story crosses the boundaries of entertainment, sports, drugs and criminality. The rich and poor have crossed her door. Her life is an "Extraordinary Life" only few could imagine according to Geoffrey Atkins former consultant for Ruff Ryders and CEO of GERDT. Ms. Peggy is livin' proof that comin' from nothin' doesn't mean you can't be something. She is an electrically energized woman who has sat at the table of some of the largest companies and law firms in the world. Ms. Peggy chilled on the set of American Bandstand as a young girl with Bill Haley's Comets. Ms. Peggy gets respect from major players in the entertainment industry as a businesswoman on top of her game. She has had her share of props rhyming free style for industry professionals such as Outcast, Master P, Tupac's Family, Lil Pippin' and members of the Dogg Pound. She was befriended by members of the Wu Tang Clan, Nelly's Camp, Don King's Family, the Jackson Family, the Motown Family, Easy Mo Bee; the list is endless. There's one thing they all can agree on and that is, "This White Bitch Crazy". She is the "Spolarized Dope-A-Mean" fix for people to be able to "Stand to Their Feet as a Masterpiece" regardless of the shoe they're in and rise above their obstacles. The urban community gives respect to this mother, grandmother, and great grandmother rapper who has shown true grit by learning the streets and the corruption within the entertainment industry. Ms. Peggy is the personal business manager of stars and the CEO of multiple corporations. She began her movie interest on the first production of Miramax. She was an invited guest at Trump Mar-A-Lago for "A Night with the Stars" in which she credits Frank Stallone for his generosity sharing the art of music. Ms. Peggy gives it to everyone straight up and for some unknown reason people can't seem to get enough of her in the raw. Should you ever be on a street corner and this blonde offers you her hand, take hold of it; it could be the ride of your life. Most everyone who knows her wish they had her endurance. She is the epitome of how to shine the star that you are according to Dr. Mark Steinhoff.
Hope Or Hype
Author: Richard A. Deyo
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
ISBN: 9780814428597
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Annotation Medical science has always promised -- and often delivered -- a longer, better life. But as the pace of science accelerates, do our expectations become unreasonable, fueled by an industry bent on profits and a media desperate for big news?Hope or Hype is a taboo-shattering look at what drives the American obsession with medical "miracles," exposing the equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; doctors and hospitals too quick to order surgery; the politicians; the press; and our own "technoconsumption" mindset. The authors spread blame for the parade of so-called miracle cures that too often are marginally effective at best -- and sometimes downright dangerous. They examine consumers? eager embrace of medical advances, and present riveting stories of the conscientious doctors and researchers who blew the whistle on ineffective treatments. Finally, they provide sane, practical recommendations for the adoption of new developments. The consequences of questionable practices include costly recalls, billions in wasted money, and the pain and suffering of innumerable patients and their families. In short, they must stop.
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
ISBN: 9780814428597
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Annotation Medical science has always promised -- and often delivered -- a longer, better life. But as the pace of science accelerates, do our expectations become unreasonable, fueled by an industry bent on profits and a media desperate for big news?Hope or Hype is a taboo-shattering look at what drives the American obsession with medical "miracles," exposing the equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; doctors and hospitals too quick to order surgery; the politicians; the press; and our own "technoconsumption" mindset. The authors spread blame for the parade of so-called miracle cures that too often are marginally effective at best -- and sometimes downright dangerous. They examine consumers? eager embrace of medical advances, and present riveting stories of the conscientious doctors and researchers who blew the whistle on ineffective treatments. Finally, they provide sane, practical recommendations for the adoption of new developments. The consequences of questionable practices include costly recalls, billions in wasted money, and the pain and suffering of innumerable patients and their families. In short, they must stop.
The Hype Machine
Author: Sinan Aral
Publisher: Currency
ISBN: 0525574522
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A landmark insider’s tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous, with critical insights into the social media trends of the 2020 election and beyond “The book might be described as prophetic. . . . At least two of Aral’s three predictions have come to fruition.”—New York NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED • LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD Social media connected the world—and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. It is paramount, MIT professor Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsize effect social media has on us—on our politics, our economy, and even our personal health—in order to steer today’s social technology toward its great promise while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Drawing on decades of his own research and business experience, Aral goes under the hood of the most powerful social networks to tackle the critical question of just how much social media actually shapes our choices, for better or worse. He shows how the tech behind social media offers the same set of behavior influencing levers to everyone who hopes to change the way we think and act—from Russian hackers to brand marketers—which is why its consequences affect everything from elections to business, dating to health. Along the way, he covers a wide array of topics, including how network effects fuel Twitter’s and Facebook’s massive growth, the neuroscience of how social media affects our brains, the real consequences of fake news, the power of social ratings, and the impact of social media on our kids. In mapping out strategies for being more thoughtful consumers of social media, The Hype Machine offers the definitive guide to understanding and harnessing for good the technology that has redefined our world overnight.
Publisher: Currency
ISBN: 0525574522
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A landmark insider’s tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous, with critical insights into the social media trends of the 2020 election and beyond “The book might be described as prophetic. . . . At least two of Aral’s three predictions have come to fruition.”—New York NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED • LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD Social media connected the world—and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. It is paramount, MIT professor Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsize effect social media has on us—on our politics, our economy, and even our personal health—in order to steer today’s social technology toward its great promise while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Drawing on decades of his own research and business experience, Aral goes under the hood of the most powerful social networks to tackle the critical question of just how much social media actually shapes our choices, for better or worse. He shows how the tech behind social media offers the same set of behavior influencing levers to everyone who hopes to change the way we think and act—from Russian hackers to brand marketers—which is why its consequences affect everything from elections to business, dating to health. Along the way, he covers a wide array of topics, including how network effects fuel Twitter’s and Facebook’s massive growth, the neuroscience of how social media affects our brains, the real consequences of fake news, the power of social ratings, and the impact of social media on our kids. In mapping out strategies for being more thoughtful consumers of social media, The Hype Machine offers the definitive guide to understanding and harnessing for good the technology that has redefined our world overnight.
A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Beyond The Mba Hype
Author: Sameer Kamat
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9789350290781
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An updated and revised edition of the bestselling book This is a revised and updated edition of this bestselling book with useful new material to guide the MBA aspirant - the working executive as well as the fresh college graduate - on doing MBA from abroad. Most Indian MBA applicants are completely at sea when it comes to approaching international education opportunities. This is primarily because the MBA selection process and the parameters considered by the top business schools abroad for admitting candidates into their fold are very different from what we are used to. Beyond the MBA Hype talks about the typical issues, challenges and dilemmas that Indian applicants grapple with when it comes to international MBA programmes.
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9789350290781
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An updated and revised edition of the bestselling book This is a revised and updated edition of this bestselling book with useful new material to guide the MBA aspirant - the working executive as well as the fresh college graduate - on doing MBA from abroad. Most Indian MBA applicants are completely at sea when it comes to approaching international education opportunities. This is primarily because the MBA selection process and the parameters considered by the top business schools abroad for admitting candidates into their fold are very different from what we are used to. Beyond the MBA Hype talks about the typical issues, challenges and dilemmas that Indian applicants grapple with when it comes to international MBA programmes.
Alcohol
Author: Stephen G. Biddulph
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing
ISBN: 9781592850402
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
As a parent, if you're not sure what you believe about alcohol use, how will you handle the subject with your child? Maybe you experimented with drinking as a teen, or you use alcohol regularly as an adult. Maybe you never tried alcohol, or you have strong feelings against its use. Maybe you're wondering whether teen drinking is a rite of passage, or you're simply confused over conflicting information about alcohol use, abuse, and addiction. The best way for you to help your teen make healthy choices is to be informed. This much-needed book about America's most accessible and socially sanctioned psychoactive drug helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, and the divergent perspectives on alcohol use. The basic message? For teens, drinking alcohol equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you.
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing
ISBN: 9781592850402
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
As a parent, if you're not sure what you believe about alcohol use, how will you handle the subject with your child? Maybe you experimented with drinking as a teen, or you use alcohol regularly as an adult. Maybe you never tried alcohol, or you have strong feelings against its use. Maybe you're wondering whether teen drinking is a rite of passage, or you're simply confused over conflicting information about alcohol use, abuse, and addiction. The best way for you to help your teen make healthy choices is to be informed. This much-needed book about America's most accessible and socially sanctioned psychoactive drug helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, and the divergent perspectives on alcohol use. The basic message? For teens, drinking alcohol equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you.
Hype
Author: Nina Shapiro
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250149312
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2018 A straightforward appraisal of why health myths exist, dispelling many of them, and teaching readers how to navigate the labyrinth of health advice and the science and misinformation behind it. Hype is Dr. Nina Shapiro's engaging and informative look at the real science behind our most common beliefs and assumptions in the health sphere. There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that—all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. Dr. Shapiro wants to distinguish between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and UCLA, with more than twenty years of experience in both clinical and academic medicine, she helps patients make important health decisions every day. She's bringing those lessons to life here with a blend of personal storytelling and science to discuss her dramatic new definition of “a healthy life.” Hype covers everything from exercise to supplements, alternative medicine to vaccines, and medical testing to media coverage. Shapiro tackles popular misconceptions such as toxic sugar and the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. She provides simple solutions anyone can implement, such as drinking 2% milk instead of fat free and using SPF 30 sunscreen instead of SPF 100. This book is as much for single individuals in the prime of their lives as it is for parents with young children and the elderly. Never has there been a greater need for this reassuring, and scientifically backed reality check.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250149312
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2018 A straightforward appraisal of why health myths exist, dispelling many of them, and teaching readers how to navigate the labyrinth of health advice and the science and misinformation behind it. Hype is Dr. Nina Shapiro's engaging and informative look at the real science behind our most common beliefs and assumptions in the health sphere. There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that—all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. Dr. Shapiro wants to distinguish between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and UCLA, with more than twenty years of experience in both clinical and academic medicine, she helps patients make important health decisions every day. She's bringing those lessons to life here with a blend of personal storytelling and science to discuss her dramatic new definition of “a healthy life.” Hype covers everything from exercise to supplements, alternative medicine to vaccines, and medical testing to media coverage. Shapiro tackles popular misconceptions such as toxic sugar and the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. She provides simple solutions anyone can implement, such as drinking 2% milk instead of fat free and using SPF 30 sunscreen instead of SPF 100. This book is as much for single individuals in the prime of their lives as it is for parents with young children and the elderly. Never has there been a greater need for this reassuring, and scientifically backed reality check.
2012
Author: Mark Borax
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1556438559
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future is an engaging personal narrative through the author’s apprenticeship with master astrologer William Lonsdale who teaches him how to access a source of great power and creativity buried within the human soul. The book begins in August 1987 on the slopes of Mount Shasta in Northern California as Borax witnesses the Harmonic Convergence, a spiritual and astrological event sparking a 26-year countdown to 2012, the year that marks the “end of history” in the Mayan calendar. Signs indicate that a “major energy shift” is occurring, a turning point in Earth’s collective karma powerful enough to change the global perspective of humankind. Borax’s mountaintop experiences compel him to seek solutions to his personal turmoil. He meets Lonsdale and together they launch a mystery school to study how the twenty-five-year period between 1987 and 2012 can be used for a cosmic purging of negativity to release humanity’s core forces and restore universal balance. En route, Borax and his fellow students discover truths about life after death, karma, reincarnation, past lives, human evolution, and the purpose of our existence on earth. In the tradition of The Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda’s tales of his shamanic master, 2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future is a gripping sorcerer’s apprentice story driven by mystical forces, encouraging readers to expand their everyday awareness and challenge their fundamental beliefs about their place in the universe.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1556438559
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future is an engaging personal narrative through the author’s apprenticeship with master astrologer William Lonsdale who teaches him how to access a source of great power and creativity buried within the human soul. The book begins in August 1987 on the slopes of Mount Shasta in Northern California as Borax witnesses the Harmonic Convergence, a spiritual and astrological event sparking a 26-year countdown to 2012, the year that marks the “end of history” in the Mayan calendar. Signs indicate that a “major energy shift” is occurring, a turning point in Earth’s collective karma powerful enough to change the global perspective of humankind. Borax’s mountaintop experiences compel him to seek solutions to his personal turmoil. He meets Lonsdale and together they launch a mystery school to study how the twenty-five-year period between 1987 and 2012 can be used for a cosmic purging of negativity to release humanity’s core forces and restore universal balance. En route, Borax and his fellow students discover truths about life after death, karma, reincarnation, past lives, human evolution, and the purpose of our existence on earth. In the tradition of The Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda’s tales of his shamanic master, 2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future is a gripping sorcerer’s apprentice story driven by mystical forces, encouraging readers to expand their everyday awareness and challenge their fundamental beliefs about their place in the universe.
Paloma
Author: Linda A. Lavid
Publisher: Linda Lavid
ISBN: 1593303130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher: Linda Lavid
ISBN: 1593303130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
We’Re Watching Her Show: (For Bathroom Sails of the Starched Collar)
Author: John Patrick Acevedo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984568108
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
John Patrick Acevedo introduced Maryland to his theme of “give and take” (book of Job, Old Testament) while a regular at poetry open mics, among them The Mariposa Center for Creative Expression (February, 2003), where he was first featured with his book entitled Everlasting Chemistry. He remembers the event rather fondly, explaining his need to engage the audience by listening to an audio cassette in his car while driving so as to know his poem selections like the back of his hand, laughing as he recounts quickly praying to God for balance even as he stood up at the very end of his delivery as the podium his work rested upon was on a wooden floor sprucing a microphone cord and a crowded stool. “My poetry had initially bookended many Facebook texts to a friend from 2010 to 2012. Bad Technology and Poor Weather: The Outsider Stories of the Poetry of John Patrick Acevedo seemed to simply complement the physical stress of my getting numbers for Best Buy, especially on the last days of every month. These were the happiest days of my life. I really got a rush from beating my own number 1s that won me two Brad Anderson Legacy Stock Awards from the retail giant” (John Patrick Acevedo, poet, November 2, 2018, 10:10 p.m., Columbia, Maryland).
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984568108
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
John Patrick Acevedo introduced Maryland to his theme of “give and take” (book of Job, Old Testament) while a regular at poetry open mics, among them The Mariposa Center for Creative Expression (February, 2003), where he was first featured with his book entitled Everlasting Chemistry. He remembers the event rather fondly, explaining his need to engage the audience by listening to an audio cassette in his car while driving so as to know his poem selections like the back of his hand, laughing as he recounts quickly praying to God for balance even as he stood up at the very end of his delivery as the podium his work rested upon was on a wooden floor sprucing a microphone cord and a crowded stool. “My poetry had initially bookended many Facebook texts to a friend from 2010 to 2012. Bad Technology and Poor Weather: The Outsider Stories of the Poetry of John Patrick Acevedo seemed to simply complement the physical stress of my getting numbers for Best Buy, especially on the last days of every month. These were the happiest days of my life. I really got a rush from beating my own number 1s that won me two Brad Anderson Legacy Stock Awards from the retail giant” (John Patrick Acevedo, poet, November 2, 2018, 10:10 p.m., Columbia, Maryland).