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Michael Beadle commented on Michael Beadle's blog post 'Black Like Me'
I see your point on having a new perspective on this book. I feel that way too. It's hard to imagine living through such racial tension in the 1950s in Mississippi as a black man. Apparently, from what I've read, the medical procedure to change hi...
July 8
Danny Bernstein commented on Michael Beadle's blog post 'Black Like Me'
Hi Michael: I remember that book vividly. So thanks for bringing it back to the forefront. I think that reading books like that now puts another perspective on it. Reading the book as a teenager in New York, I could not figure out how he did this ...
July 8
Michael Beadle added a blog post
In 1959, the writer John Howard Griffin decided to go through with a daring, personal experiment. Using drug medication and a sun lamp, he transformed his skin to change from a white man to a black man. He shaved his head and added a dark cream. H...
July 2

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poetry, history, fiction novels
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Latest books... Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin, The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House, May We All Remember Well (vol. 1) ed. by Robert S. Brunk, and Harouon and the Sea of Stories by Salmon Rushdie

Latest TV shows... The Tutors, Lost

Latest movies... Slumdog Millionaire, The Station Agent
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Black Like Me

In 1959, the writer John Howard Griffin decided to go through with a daring, personal experiment. Using drug medication and a sun lamp, he transformed his skin to change from a white man to a black man. He shaved his head and added a dark cream. His plan was to tour around the South and write about his experiences under a secret guise. Close friends and family thought he was crazy when he discussed the idea, but he had such conviction to find out for himself what it would be like for a white man… Continue

Posted on July 2, 2009 at 11:41pm — 2 Comments

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terrell garren replied to terrell garren's discussion 'Deep Creek Civil War Battle Committee'
Deep Creek May Get HIstorical Marker, by Arron Morgan in the November 4th edition of The Smoky Mountain Times For those interested in the Deep Creek effort I suggest reading Arron Morgan's column on the topic. It is an excellent article fulling a...
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terrell garren replied to terrell garren's discussion 'Deep Creek Civil War Battle Committee'
Documents or letters? Local readers should consider reviewing anything they have realted to the Civil War in the area. Any mention of Deep Creek on an old letter or military record might be important. There could be some reference to it in old ne...
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Shirley Bullock I saw this on Tipper Pressley's Blind Pig and the acorn
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CHARLES C FLETCHER commented on Dawn McCall's blog post 'Oral History Subjects Needed'
Dawn, I don't know what your are looking for but I am past 60. Im fact way past . On my next birthday in April I will be 88. I grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina. "Canton". I have wrote 3 books since retirement. Two are published a...
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Robert Bixby replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion 'When Day Is Done by Julia Nunnally Duncan'
here is a sample chapter.
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terrell garren replied to terrell garren's discussion 'Deep Creek Civil War Battle Committee'
Deep Creek Progress Things are happening for the Deep Creek battfield marker. The application for a NC Highway Historical Marker has been received in Raleigh and will be considered at the December meeting. Karen Proctor the Chamber of Commerce d...
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Julia Nunnally Duncan replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion 'When Day Is Done by Julia Nunnally Duncan'
Thanks, Mr. Bixby. The pleasure of working with you and March Street Press has been mine!
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Danny Bernstein added a blog post
I'm going to be at the Smoky Mountains Book Fair in Sylva on Saturday. Check out and come on out. It's only 45 minutes from Asheville. Sylva is a sweet town with several good restaurants. City Lights, their bookstore, is awesome. So I hope to se...
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Robert Bixby replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion 'When Day Is Done by Julia Nunnally Duncan'
It's always a treat to work with Julia Nunnally Duncan, someone who knows the nuts and bolts of writing and has a flowing well of ideas--and someone not averse to listening to other people's ideas. Thanks for bringing this to me and I hope that yo...
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Christine Hale at Osondu Booksellers in Waynesville
November 14, 2009 from 1pm to 2:30pm
Christine Hale reads from her novel BASIL'S DREAM and teaches a craft class--"Building Character"--at Osondu Booksellers.
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