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Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

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http://www.goodreads.com/glecharles

born

in New York, NY, The United States

August 16, 1969

gender

male

website

http://loudpoet.com

genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

Stephen King, Matt Ruff, Charles Bukowski, Willie Perdomo

member since

August 2009

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Guy LeCharles Gonzalez works in publishing by day, world domination by night. Over the years he’s lived in Staten Island and South Beach Miami; served in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, US Army, and Dennis Kucinich’s ’04 Presidential Campaign; won poetry slams, founded a reading series, co-authored a book of poetry and believes in the power of publishing as a community service. He prefers Pumpkin, Barley Wine and India Pale Ales, Dona Paula Shiraz Malbec, and Four Roses and Buffalo Trace bourbons, and is a devout Mets and Jets fan from the Bronx now living in New Jersey with his beautiful wife and two amazing kids.

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“Tumblr is redefining creative expression online,” Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said in the announcement. “On many levels, Tumblr and Yahoo couldn’t be more dif...

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Guy LeCharles Gonzalez's Books

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	Handmade Memories: Poems & Essays, 1997 - 2011 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Down the House: Selected Poems from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's National Poetry Slam Champions by Roger Bonair-Agard, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (Goodreads Author), Lynne Procope 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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