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A Story Teller’s Story
A Story Teller’s Story
A Story Teller’s Story
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“The Story Teller’s Story” details 75 years of an African-American’s jammed up life.

Hawkins offers us the insights and perspectives of a very observant African-American writer, who uses his experiences as a way to reaffirm the values, the fact that all human beings are brothers and sisters. “The Story Teller’s Story” makes that premise a truth.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateOct 6, 2022
ISBN9781665572385
A Story Teller’s Story
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Odie Hawkins

Odie Hawkins was a member of the Watts Writer’s workshop that spawned the Watts Prophets, a collection of spoken-word artists, considered the forebears of modern hip-hop.He is the co-author of the novel “Lady Bliss,” and the author of “The Snake, Mr. Bonobo Bliss, and Shackles Across Time. 2011 he was a panelist at the Modern Language Assoc. at the Hilton, LA Live. Additional information may be found on Facebook page, his website:www.odiehawkins.com., his blog, and/or just Google his name.

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