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April Sinclair's Blog
November 22, 2009
- "April, I know that you're putting on a brave face. But, a part of you must be terrified." I heard this comment from a close friend during a late night telephone conversation this past week. The friend is the self described, "regular Negro from DC." I took a deep breath after bro's comment. Yeah, I've been struggling to make ends meet. ...
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August 7, 2009
- I haven't written much this year because I've been reeling from my broke state. It's a challenge to live while surviving. I'm not throwing a pity party. A lot of people are struggling. I have to count my blessings. I just didn't expect to be in this place at this time. I didn't grow up with money. But, it was normal back then to just have the basics and to hear, "Wait ...
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June 29, 2009
- Readings from Single Woman of a Certain Age at San Francisco glorious Main Library!Readers include Jane Ganahl, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Joyce Maynard, Wendy Merrill, April Sinclair and Cameron Tuttle
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May 19, 2009
- I won SF's Literary Death Match, Friday before last. The competition was really stiff. We were all champions! The audience and the judges and the promoters were all fantastic. It came down to a literary smack down. I felt scared and excited at the same time. Like a virgin. Read all about it at www.literarydeathmatch.comSingle Woman of a Certain Age, an anthology edited by Jane ...
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March 2, 2009
- I haven't blogged for a long time. I was ecstatic about the presidential election results. Obama's Inauguration was surreal for me. My blood pressure plunged twenty points. It was actually below normal. The nurse at Kaiser was astounded and so was I. But, I attributed the improvement to having just witnessed the swearing in of the first African American president. Fast ...
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November 22, 2008
- I can't think of another issue that has pulled me in different directions like Proposition 8. Let me be clear. I voted against Proposition 8 without hesitation. Some of my friends seem to live in a rock solid, No on 8, pro same sex marriage world. These friends also have the tendency to be white. I have other friends who say things like, "The kids(gays and lesbians) just won't ...
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November 18, 2008
- Earlier this year I was advised to keep my blog personal and not to get political. Well, the personal is about to get political. I'm still pinching myself regarding Obama's victory! I will say more at a later date. But, like many people I'm still recovering from the shock of experiencing something that I didn't expect to witness during my lifetime let alone my parents. So, I'm still ...
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August 17, 2008
- My friend, Paula and I giggled like school girls as we huddled over little plates of dim sum goodies. We were celebrating another of my forty plus birthdays in a large, sunny, crowded restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown. Women in white uniforms pushed metal carts topped with steaming morsels through the narrow aisles. During our conversation thus far, Paula had casually thrown in an ...
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August 12, 2008
- I received an e-mail at my AOL address from a reader in La Jolla. She took exception to my blog airing the fact that a mouse or rat had entered into my bathroom cabinet underneath the sink. I felt that there was a stigma attached to having rodents. And as a black person, I felt sensitive about telling my agent about it during a phone call. Well, I was informed that LaJolla has rats in the ...
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August 9, 2008
- Do you want to read an update on my rat problem? Or, would you prefer to hear my take on the political scene? Do you want to learn about my latest encounter with subtle, possible prejudice? Or, would you like to hear about my trip to hot, humid, stormy, Chicago last week to visit my warm, extended family? Or, how about the time I read with other authors at a nudist camp on a ...
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August 6, 2008
- I was walking down the street with a friend's four year old son on a recent evening. A somewhat large man lumbered past us. ( I almost typed "shuffled," but I censored myself). The boy asked in a loud voice, "Was that a monster?" I was speechless. I'm pretty sure that the guy heard him. I felt sympathy for the man. He was black and I wondered if that made the ...
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July 29, 2008
- I'm heading for Chicago and will be back home on the South Side. My parents don't have access to the Internet. But, my siblings are all on line. So, I'll try to get to use my lap top here and there. When I return to the Bay Area, I want to blog about a brotha friend of mine on a regular basis. He's a security guard and lives in D.C. He always keeps it real. We talked tonight about ...
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July 29, 2008
- I want to call your attention to a favorite diva, out of LA, Sweet Baby J'ai. Run, don't walk to get your hands on her new cd, Sweet Baby J'ai, Introducing J'ai Michel. I've had the pleasure of following this singer's career since it's inception, a couple of decades ago. Sweet Baby J'ai got her start in small, smoky, LA clubs. She now plays major venues at home and abroad. I ...
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July 28, 2008
- I spent a restless night listening to mice or rats doing their best to knaw through a plastic mask that I had propped up against a hole inside my bathroom cabinet. It was secured by a large jar of vaseline. Earlier in the day I'd been horrified to discover that the rustling sounds that I'd been hearing at night while soaking inside my claw foot tub were not the rumblings of a restless ghost ...
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February 28, 2008
- I keep thinking that writing is going to be easy. But, it's about as easy as exercise. Btw. I'm going to the gym tomorrow. I work out at 24 Hour Fitness in Oakland. I always feel better afterwards. I've concluded that writing is just something that you just do because it's who you are. In some ways it's magical even if it's grueling. I just have to have faith that when I face the ...
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