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Alvin L.A. Horn

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in Seattle, The United States

February 16

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Alvin L.A. Horn, is an acclaimed spoken word artist, poet, and musician. He is the 2012 Billboard Awards Best Male Expressionist of the year Erotic- sensual Romantic spoken word Artist.

Born in the Northwest and his poetry, short stories and novels are the byproduct of growing up in the Seattle lifestyle of social awareness. He feels his writing was triggered by his mother sending him to the library when she placed him "on restriction, often for daydreaming in school.” He also credits the "little gray-haired Jewish lady, the librarian," an internment camp survivor for introducing him to the likes of Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. Upon reading the work of Nikki Giovanni Alvin knew he wanted to be a writer of love stories and poetry.

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	Perfect Circle 4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	One Safe Place 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Bad Before Good And Those In Between 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Brush Strokes by Alvin Lloyd Alexander Horn, Alvin L.A. Horn (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Pillow Talk in the Heat of the Night by Elissa Gabrielle (Goodreads Author), Rory D. Sheriff , Renee Daniel Flagler 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Alvin’s Quotes

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love

tags: death, life

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
― Jimi Hendrix

tags: hippy, love, misattributed, peace, william-gladstone

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“Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”
― Jimi Hendrix

tags: song-lyrics

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“Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.”
― Jimi Hendrix

tags: love

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“Music is a safe kind of high.”
― Jimi Hendrix