YankeeBwoy
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Consultant |
| Location | Minneapolis and New York, United States |
| Introduction | At the conclusion of every family reunion, my Great Aunt Essie tells the story of how her father - my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side - was a six year old slave living on the Montrose Plantation in Cheraw, South Carolina when the Union soldiers rolled in and told everyone they were FREE TO GO...a singular event that leaves very little ambiguity about my particular frame of reference. I'm currently a Software Consultant who aspires to launch a second career as a Writer of Up-Market Contemporary Fiction, focused primarily on AFAM/Caribbean themes. |
| Interests | Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Prairie School Architecture, Tai Chi, Sweet Potato Pie, Sisters with British and West Indian Accents :), Ackee and Saltfish (with Fried Breadfruit to sop up the yummy juices) |
| Favorite movies | Rear Window, North by Northwest, Glory, Casualties of War, Mississippi Masala, Finding Forrester, Sexy Beast, Gladiator, Dirty Pretty Things, Layer Cake, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes |
| Favorite music | (Old) School Spirituals, Most Flavors of Hip Hop, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sade, The Police, Chaka and Mary J, The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, Reggae/Dancehall (esp. Barrington Levy) and the Clash |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird, Siddhartha, Disappearing Acts, Mama Day, A Lesson Before Dying, Beloved, Voodoo Dreams, The Polished Hoe, The Blind Man of Seville, White Teeth, Brick Lane, Fruit of the Lemon,Palace Council, Everything by Walter Mosley, James Patterson's Cross Series, Lee Cross' Reacher Series, Eric Jerome Dickey's Gideon Series. |