Charles L. Chatmon


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Charles L. Chatmon

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url http://www.goodreads.com/profile/chatwrites
born May 26, 1966
gender male
place of birth Los Angeles,CA, United States
website http://charleslchatmon.com
genre Poetry, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
influences shakespeare, hughes, all the great writers

about this author

Charles L. Chatmon is a native of Los Angeles, California. He has written articles for colleges and community newspapers. In addition to his writing talents, Charles has performed in various spoken word venues in the Southern California area and has read his poems on television and radio. He conducts free writers workshops with a network of authors called the California Writers Collective and currently serves as the executive director of the Los Angeles Black Book Expo. http://www.labbx.com.

Authors N Focus is a website created by Charles for the aspiring and new authors breaking into the literary world. Packed with resources and references plus past interviews with several writers, Au...more

books by Charles L. Chatmon

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The Depths of My Soul: Poems f... The Depths of My Soul: Poems from the Heart of a Man (Paperback)
by Charles L. Chatmon (goodreads author!)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2001
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The Voices of South Central The Voices of South Central (Paperback)
by Charles L. Chatmon (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 2003
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Charles's writing

How to Survive a Trade Show (Humor)
0 chapters   —   updated 07/05/2008 02:27PM
description: tips for new authors when they're out in 'the field'.
Welcome to 1990 (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated 04/09/2008 10:47AM
description: this is a commentary I wrote while I was a student at CSU many, many moons ago! :)



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Mixed Matters Charles said "yes" to attending the event: Mixed Matters.
date: August 01, 2008 10:24PM
location: North Bay Media Review, P.O. Box 2332, Vallejo, CA, United States
description: From the ‘pardon our dust’ department……

Hey Mixed Matters fans!
Did you miss us? If you did, then I’m proud to announce co-host Chandra Adams and I will return live on tape this coming August 2008! Date to be announced at a later time. In our two years of successful interview up and coming authors on their latest and greatest, Mixed Matters is becoming a show where new and even established authors, writers and poets are welcome to join and participate in an interview with us.

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June 26
Sacred Honor Charles marked as to-read:
Sacred Honor (Paperback)
by Lillian Cauldwell
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"Feel Good, Girl!" Charles marked as to-read:
"Feel Good, Girl!" (Soft cover)
by Felicia Richardson-Battle
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Of Water and Dragons Charles added:
Of Water and Dragons (Paperback)
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Henrietta the Hyena Charles added:
Henrietta the Hyena (Hardcover)
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Mrs. Griffin is Miss... Charles added:
Mrs. Griffin is Missing and other stories (Paperback)
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Charles's favorite quotes

"It's a new dawn, but the journey continues....."
— charles chatmon




Charles's groups (recent posts)

5511 Shades Of Brown — 116 members — last activity 1 hour, 49 min ago
This reading group is for those who enjoy reading different genres written by African American authors, either, all of the time or some of the time. T...more
6593 African American Books — 98 members — last activity 3 hours, 57 min ago
To talk about your favorite African American books and writer's. Please, let's have clean discussions. No profanity. We will discuss black Romance, bl...more
6094 African Americans on the move Book Club — 28 members — last activity 10 hours, 44 min ago
Here at AAMBC we promote urban novels and the authors. We express our knowledge about each great read and meet all of the athors that come into our bo...more




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from Carroll
1 day ago, 08:55AM

Nophoto-u-50x66 THANKS FOR THE ADD CHARLES,WE SEEM TO KEEP RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER. I WILL CHAT WITH YOU
SOON.


TAKE-CARE,
DIANNE...

from Lee
24 days ago, 06:51AM

1181125 Thanks for being my goodreads buddy, Charles!

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from Dee Dee M
29 days ago, 09:17AM

1303783 Hi Charles!Thanks for the add.Can't wait to read your books and chat with you!
Have a good one!

from Michele
06/08/2008 07:20PM

1174007 thank you Charles for being my friend. Michele Marchetti http://www.discoverytoyslink.c...
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Looking for pt/ft help nationwide!

from Bridget
05/06/2008 04:51PM

1098961 Thanks for the info. about the 30th and thanks for adding me as a friend.












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