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November 16, 2012

Professor Keramet Reiter Gave Glenn Langohr's Prison Book: Pelican Bay Riot, A Five Star Review

Professor Keramet Reiter Gave Glenn Langohr's Prison Book: Pelican Bay Riot, A Five Star Review. Glenn Langohr contacted all the top Criminal Justice colleges in the U.S. and found Professor Reiter at the University of California Irvine to review one of his books, Pelican Bay Riot. After reading Glenn Langohr's book, she met him for an interview and asked him to speak to her class of 100 students as a guest Lecturer. 

To check out an excerpt or purchase, Pelican Bay Riot by Glenn Langohr in print 12.99, kindle 4.99 or audio book go here- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007G1SE7M

Here's the review- "This is a page-turner of a read about life inside the California prison system, told from the perspective of an experienced and thoughtful former prisoner, who describes unaffiliated with the various prison gangs, but collaborating and mediating among them to maintain peace on the prison yards. This first-hand account of the California prison system is not only interesting, but provides a useful counterpoint ( and compliment ) to more academic accounts of prison life." U.C. Irvine Professor Reiter

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Glenn Langohr is available for interviews and copies of his books are available for review here- rollcallthebook@gmail.com For a complete list of his drug war and prison books in print, kindle and audio book go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

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Published on November 16, 2012 10:54

November 15, 2012

An Interview With Author Seth Ferranti About Gorilla Convict

It is my pleasure to introduce Seth Ferranti. His story is one of resilience and the power of the human spirit. Like me, the drug war interrupted him with a prison sentence. Like me, he became a well known writer and started his own publishing company. Here's some of his story and how to get his books.


What was your life like before being penned an LSD kingpin by the government?
I sold drugs, I partied, I went to different colleges to check out the scenes and followed the Grateful Dead a little bit. I was just a regular suburban youth who got caught up in the drug scene. I never carried a gun and I wasn't prone to violence. I didn't even consider myself a criminal really. I wasn't out to hurt anyone or take anything from anybody or rough anybody off or anything like that. I came from a good home with good parents who installed good morals and ideals in me I just got caught up in the drug scene and fancied myself a sort of stoner outlaw. But I didn't have any kind of Scarface mentality. I was just supplying LSD and marijuana to my friends from high school who went off to a bunch of colleges on the East Coast. I was originally from California and grew up a military brat and when my dad retired we settled in Northern Virginia where he got a job with a defense contractor. It was a real lily white and affluent area and I was the new guy and I found that when I proved I could get a hold of drugs I became real popular real quick. So that is how it went. I started selling drugs at a young age and it just progressed and by the age of 19 I was supplying about 15 colleges in 5 states with marijuana and LSD. But still in the big scheme of things I was a small time drug dealer maybe making $20 grand or so a month.
2. Were you overcharged?
I would say so. I was a first-time, non-violent offender and I got slammed with 304 months or a 25 year sentence with no possibility of parole. It was right when the feds had just started their War on Drugs in the early 90s and plus being right outside of DC they made it like my case was this big thing, it was like a witch-hunt really. But in all actuality it was just some kids partying and doing drugs at colleges just like they are still doing today. It was no organization, really it was unorganized and chaotic. I was just the dude with the best contacts and when I refused to snitch they threw the book at me but I realize now I made matters worse by taking off and becoming a fugitive for 2 years. But I was barely 20 years old and I had some money and I wasn't trying to snitch anyone out or go to prison so at that time it seemed taking off was my only choice. But now I have been in prison 19 years for crimes largely committed while I was a teenager that didn't involve any type of violence.
3. I found a great review of one of your books from a well known magazine that said you glamorized the gangster lifestyle to show the reader's why the drug problems are so alluring to the youth, but that in the end that life is a one way ticket to hell. How do you balance it out?
I do glorify and romanticize the stuff I write about. It is kind of glamorous in a way and people are interested in it. So I perpetuate the myths and legends but I do it in a way that it all comes from my perspective and it comes through my eyes and experiences. I am not doing anything new. They have been glamorizing this type of stuff since Billy the Kid and the Wild, Wild West. I am just doing it in my style and putting a more modern flavor to it. How outlaws and gangsters live and the things they do are amazing and people are very interested in reading about it all and watching the Hollywood version of the stories in movies and stuff like that. So I go with it. I am not fighting what is already there. People have been enamored with outlaw heroes since Robin Hood. I am myself. This is my passion. This is why I write about this stuff and bring these stories to life. When I first came to prison I read every prison and gangster book I could and then when I exhausted what I wanted to read I started writing my own stories from my own experiences and from the people I met and was doing time with. Everything I have done, book wise has been done before, I am just putting my twist on it. Reality is reality and I lay it all out but I still glorify it because even though I am older and in hindsight I know it is the wrong road it is still romantic in its own way, that is why gangster and prison stuff is such a big sell in popular culture.
4. can you give me a timeline on how your prison stretch started, to when you started writings and publishing to how   it grew to when you finally get out of prison?
I got caught in 1993 and have remained incarcerated since then. So I have 19 years in now. I had always wrote songs and poems and stuff and dabbled in creating little stories and fantasy worlds (check out felons rage on myspace it has some of my songs I recorded in prison), but when I came to prison I got a job in the recreation department and I started helping to run the intramural sports leagues and that included writing a little sports newsletter on what was going on with the leagues and the standings and statistics and stuff like that and I started writing commentary  and dudes in here really liked it and I made my name writing about prison basketball games for Slam, Don Diva and other magazines and websites like hoopshype.come and that led to writing about prison issues for magazines like Vice and then to writing my first novel Prison Stories and then doing the gangster interviews for Don Diva and F.E.D.S. and the Street Legends book series and now I am writing about the Drug War and drug addiction and recovery for thefix.com and continuing to do pieces for my blog/column on gorillaconvict.com. This all happened gradually throughout the 90s and into the early 2000s and then I got more serious about my writing in 2005 and got the website built and started the publishing house also to put out my own books. So we have been online and selling  books since 2005 and we have developed our name and reputation and web presence. I couldn't have done it without the assistance of my beautiful and talented wife Diane who has enabled me to do all of this from her. Without her I wouldn't have accomplished any of what I have, so really it is all down to her. When I come home I want to continue doing what I am doing but I want to get into the visual aspect of it and start doing documentaries and films also. Plus more merchandise like we have on the gorillaconvict.com website now with the t-shirts, stickers and posters. But I have a lot of plans and ideas to implement and get going once I get home.
5. I see that you have some powerful reviews from a bunch of magazines and well known sources. How have you managed to make those connections while locked in prison?
I am relentless I just write and write and write and I send out a tremendous amount of mail. I mail out 100 of letters at  a time sometimes every week and in it I am constantly promoting and showing what I am doing that is new. I send the stuff out to magazine editors and websites and anyone who I think might be interested in my stuff and now since we have email I contact and email as many people as I can to market and promote my stuff. So I have done it basically through email and the mail and being relentless and never giving up. I have created and built something from nothing and now I have an audience and people who like my work and who buy my books and check out my website. But also another main reason is content. I keep creating new content. I write, write and write some more. I promote, promote and promote some more and I make connections and I cultivate them and I find out how I can help them and how they can help me and I make it work and I keep my word and do what I say I am going to do.
6. What is your vision for the next five years?
I get out in 21 months and then I have to go through the halfway house probation routine so I have to be on point for that and not violate because I am not trying to come back to prison but when I can move and work for my own company gorillaconvict.com I will work and network and do the same thing I have been doing from in here but I will have much more access and I will be able to do all types of radio interviews and pod casts and make little commercials and youtube promos. I am really looking forward to it. I have a tremendous drive and ambition and I am relentless in pursuit of my goals and most importantly I am not afraid to put in the hard work that is necessary for success. So in five years I plan to be making movies and have my own production company.
7. Do you believe prisoners can be redeemed?
Yes, I do but they have to want it because if they want to stay in the same criminal lifestyle they will only be going back to prison. In our country right now there is no emphasis on rehabilitation and a lot of men are going home ill prepared and with no tools to deal with society plus when you just throw them back into the same environments they came out of with no tools what do you expect? Why do you think recidivism is so high? But I have taken the time and effort to do what I need to do to prepare for my future and eventual release back into society and I am ready for the challenge and I am confident that I can redeem myself and be successful and become a productive member of society and bring my unique vision to the world.
8. How would you change the system to make redemption more common?
Education is mandatory. Prisoners need to learn and open and expand their minds. Those capable should be allowed to enroll and take college courses and function in an environment which cultivates that. Others should be allowed to learn and practice a trade so that they have skills when they come home so that don't have to revert to the only thing that they knew prior to coming to prison- crime. But basically we have to give prisoners some hope and show them that yes you can turn your life around and change. I did and I am the better man for it.
Please check out my books which are available in print or ebook formats at gorillaconvict.comand amazon.com and read my blog at gorillaconvict.com which posts a new story every week and gives the 411 on street legends, prison gangs, hip-hop and hustling, the mafia and life in the belly of the beast. Also check out my weekly news blogs and columns at thefix.comPR Newswire articles
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Published on November 15, 2012 21:17

Glenn Langohr's Novel Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption Got Another Great Review

Glenn Langohr's Novel Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption Got Another Great Review. A Criminal Justice Professor Glenn met on facebook reviewed his drug war and prison novel. 

Here is part of the review that can be found here- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056C0LW4
"The author captures the little-known nuances of prison life in a vivid and accurate way. Not only do these motivate the story and dazzle the reader, they also testify to the author's experience and knowledge in California prisons. Only people who know the inside can describe the importance of paperwork, kites and gang politics in the way the author has..."

Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption can be purchased in print for 16.97, kindle for 2.99 and audio book for 13.97. To check out Glenn Langohr's complete list of drug war and prison thrillers that include: Race Riot, Lock Up Diaries, Gladiator, Underdog and Prison Riot go herehttp://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A


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Published on November 15, 2012 08:13

November 14, 2012

Glenn Langohr's Video Trailer For His Drug War and Prison Novel Roll Call, A True Story Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption


Glenn Langohr's Video Trailer For His Drug War and Prison Novel Roll Call, A True Story Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption. Available in print for 16.99, kindle for 2.99 and audio book for 13.97 all found on Amazon here- http://amzn.to/nxQt3A http://




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Published on November 14, 2012 20:14

Glenn Langohr's Book Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison is Selling in Print, Kindle and Audio Book

Glenn Langohr's Book Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison is Selling in Print, Kindle and Audio Book. Live on iTunes, Amazon and Audible to listen to like a movie for 6.97 here- http://amzn.to/UD9EZa Also available in print for 9.99 and kindle for 2.99. To reach Glenn Langohr for an interview or to review one of his books email him at rollcallthebookatgmaildotcom.
Glenn Langohr's first book he wrote while in prison on drug charges is Roll Call. His second book is the sequel Upon Release From Prison. As Glenn learned more about publishing along with feedback from John South at American Media and TV Producer Phillip Doran, he started focusing on writing books about prison life. Race Riot by Glenn Langohr is his first prison thriller. Next is Lock Up Diaries, Gladiator, Underdog and Prison Riot.
"I still feel I have to write about my prison experiences as a way of processing it all. I find it very therapeutic." To check out a video of Glenn Langohr on youtube go here- 
To find all of Glenn Langohr's prison and drug war books in print, kindle and audio book go to his Amazon author page here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A PR Newswire articles
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Published on November 14, 2012 09:32

November 13, 2012

Glenn Langohr's New Audio Book: Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison, is Available on Amazon, iTunes and Audible

Glenn Langohr's New Audio Book: Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison, is Available on Amazon, iTunes and Audible. Glenn Langohr wrote the book based on his prison time and narrated it himself. To check it out for a free sample or purchase go here- http://amzn.to/XByCbW

"I started writing books about prison life and the drug war to purge myself and find a way to stay away from it." Writes Glenn about why he started writing. "Now, the more I write, the less I change the character's names."

Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison is the 5th book in the series and is available in print for 9.99 and kindle for 2.99 on Amazon and other retail outlets found here-  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5APR Newswire articles
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Published on November 13, 2012 08:29

November 12, 2012

Glenn Langohr's Youtube Video About His Books and Prison Ministry

Glenn Langohr's Youtube Video About His Books and Prison Ministry. While at the library, Glenn met a video marketing expert. From that point on, Steve from S. Africa took over as the video arm of the publishing company. PR Newswire articles
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Published on November 12, 2012 17:41

Glenn Langohr Spent 4 Years In Solitary Confinement on Drug Charges Where He Started Writing Novels

Glenn Langohr Spent 4 Years In Solitary Confinement on Drug Charges Where He Started Writing Novels. With nothing else to do in a prison cell for 22 hours a day, Glenn Langohr wrote drug war and prison books. For a complete list of his books in print, kindle and audio book to listen to like a movie, go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

Glenn Langohr started solitary confinement in the county jail in the modules where inmates only come out of there cells for 2 hours a day. In prison he was sent to solitary for riots and investigations. He states, "It is very hard to avoid any violence in prison where the isn't much rehabilitation. People with mental issues, drug and alcohol issues interact with gangs and people just trying to survive and the ingredients are toxic. In prison every inch of space is decided over and often fought over, like who can use which tables, showers, space on the yard, work out bars etc."

The first novel Glenn Langohr published when he got out of prison in 2008 was Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption. Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media related Langohr's novel to the movie Traffic along with other accolades. Glenn Langohr has since published 7 other books that are selling well and getting great reviews. See his complete list on Amazon in print, kindle and audio book.PR Newswire articles
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Published on November 12, 2012 08:22

November 11, 2012

Free Books, Money and Gift Cards by True Crime Author Glenn Langohr

Free Books, Money and Gift Cards by True Crime Author Glenn Langohr. Glenn Langohr is giving away an unlimited amount of books, $50 in cash and a $50 gift card. Just purchase any one of his print, kindle or audio books to enter. 

Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption has 21 Five star reviews, was related to the drug war movie Traffic by Nielson Media and is available in print for 16.99 and kindle to download to your computer, tablet or phone for 2.99. It is free to download the kindle and easy. 


To purchase any of Glenn Langohr's drug war and prison books in print, kindle or audio book go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A     Here's a video for Roll Call...PR Newswire articles
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Published on November 11, 2012 08:00

November 10, 2012

Glenn Langohr is Giving Away His Books, Money and Gift Cards

Glenn Langohr is Giving Away His Books, Money and Gift Cards. To enter to win, order any of his drug war and prison books in any format. Race Riot, a Shocking Inside Look at Prison Life is just .99 cents with kindle. Here's a review- "A raw, breathless descent through the inner circle of the California Penal Hell. Fraught with detail that only someone who's been there could know." Phillip Doran TV Producer

To purchase any of Glenn Langohr's drug war and prison books go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A If you are in the UK go to the sidebar to find the link. All books are available in print now! Half are available in audio book!

Here's a video of Glenn Langohr speaking to Criminal Justice students at U.C. Irvine. He spoke about the California Three Strikes Law, Solitary confinement, prison conditions and his books. The students were required to read his book Underdog, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life. The students loved it!PR Newswire articles
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Published on November 10, 2012 06:55