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May 3, 2016
LCFC Journal #1: “Life Comes From Concrete…”
My new poetry collection/memoir, Life Comes From Concrete has been four years in the making. Not originally planned, the book’s concept first came to mind back in the summer of July 2012.
At the time, I had started writing poetry and wasted no time in fully immersing myself into the art form. Prior to writing poems, I had only written stories based solely in fiction (detective-fiction more favorably).
Moreover, as I continued to build my poetry writing and honed my craft, I realized that I became adept to writing potent pieces that were not only introspective but filled with substance as well.
By the time 2013 came into view, I realized how much I had developed and grown as a writer/poet. Not only did my poetry speak upon the world around me and myself, but it eventually grew to become a point of perspective and representation for those whose lives had impacted mine or who I had come across at one point or another in time.
It wasn’t until the spring of that same year that the idea of the poetry book became very real. I figured that it would be a literature based representation of myself and what I had endured within my life up until that point.
Furthermore, by 2013’s end, I had fully concocted a selection of poems starting from 2012 that would speak upon my time as a teenager coming-of-age who found himself as a young man at the age of twenty-two.
To finalize the process, I then took the entire month of January in 2014 to provide back-stories for each piece and how they were created through various moments of inspiration. And it wasn’t until after the month ended when the book’s title came about while thinking of what to name it.
Overall, the point that I am making is that everyone who lives on earth has a path en route towards their destiny and in order for one to do so, they must walk their individual paths on concrete.
Thus, metaphorically speaking, Life Comes From Concrete is a very poetic way of saying, “journey”. And through this poetry collection, I want you all to accompany me on mine.
Yours Truly,
kevinanglade.com
“The Renaissance”
Photography by: Divin Mathew
May 2, 2016
“Life Comes From Concrete”: A Poetry Collection/Memoir
[Queens, NY – 5/2/16]
Author, actor, and poet, Kevin Anglade is releasing his debut poetry collection this summer. The book is called, Life Comes From Concrete and focuses on a transitional period he experienced from late adolescence to young adulthood. Throughout the work, Anglade undergoes a microscopic lens to evaluate himself, his surroundings and the society he lives in. The book is scheduled for publication this July.
Anglade is a poet and storyteller who paints lucid pictures as a result of experience and interaction with others. The collection Life Comes From Concrete touches upon a range of themes from love, poverty, social injustice, mass consumption, self-identity, and death. The book aims to represent the lives of young black males that have experienced similar growing pains within crucial moments of becoming a young adult in American society.
For more information on the book as well as its official press release, please be sure to visit the book’s tab at www.kevinanglade.com/lcfc-poetry
http://www.kevinanglade.com “The Path To Discovery Begins With One’s Journey”
April 19, 2016
Author/Poet Kevin Anglade Returns With Multimedia Project For 2016
Hey Everyone,
Over the last few years or so, I have been working really hard on a big multi-media project. With that being said, I’d like to announce the revealing of Life Comes From Photography, Life Comes From “Destiny”: a docu-series/film and Life Comes From Concrete: A Poetry Collection/Memoir.
The idea behind this ambitious venture is to tell a unique and cohesive story about my personal experiences from adolescence through young adulthood using these mediums.
Please follow along over the next few months (if interested) as I take you down the path every step of the way.
More Coming Soon…
– Kev Elev (Kevin Anglade)
“The Path To Discovery Begins With One’s Journey”
January 12, 2016
frankly TWISTED: the lost files wins Book Award for Best Fiction in Mystery/Thriller via Urban Literary Agency.
FLOWERED CONCRETE - "DREAM FOR ANYTHING, REACH FOR EVERYTHING."
We are more than happy to announce that Kevin Eleven’s summer novel of 2015 called frankly TWISTED: the lost files was given Best Fiction Award for Mystery/Thrillers by the staff over at Urban Literary Agency & Universal Creativity Inc. The award was given by a panel of judges that read novels within the category which led to a tallying up of votes at the end. We congratulate the writer on the win as well as the illustrator @drawingrealm for their significant contributions towards the book. Here’s to more success for both artists within the year of 2016 as well as the entire Flowered Concrete staff.
Links below on this year’s winners and website of both the blog and literary agency that voted.
https://universalcreativityinc14.wordpress.com/…/best-fict…/
https://urbanliteraryagency.wordpress.com/
– The Flowered Concrete Team
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Best Fiction Award Winners
I am humbled and appreciative of this win. Both for myself and for my team.
#franklyTWISTED
– Kevin Eleven
“Read To Believe, Write To Achieve”
The Best Fiction Award Winners are as follows:
Jennifer Renson – 1st Place in YA
Ryan Hill – 2nd Place in YA
Lee Wolf- 3rd Place in YA
Courtney Muir – 1st Place in Romance
Hal Rappaport – 2nd Place in Romance
Anita Claire – 3rd Place in Romance
Kevin Anglade – 1st Place in Mytery/Thrillers
Alan Joshua – 2nd Place in Mystery/Thrillers
Robert Sparkman – 3rd Place in Mystery/Thrillers
Thank you everyone, for entering the Best Fiction Awards, for 2015! We were excited and thrilled to have so many enter. It was a great journey in reading, reviewing, and critiquing each novel. The variety of voices and the levels of writing were amazing this year. Thank you!
For those you did not sign up this time, we will be hosting the Best Fiction Awards again for 2016. Please, check back for further details.
“frankly TWISTED”: the lost files Wins 2015 Book Award for Best Fiction in Mystery
I would just like to say thank you to everyone that has been supporting me over the past few months. Through hard work, grit, and determination, my second novel “frankly TWISTED”: the lost files was able to pull off a win as it won best fiction for a mystery/thriller. Much thanks goes out to the judges that voted and the entire staff over at Urban Literary Agency. I look forward to growing my writing in the years to come. For more info regarding this news, you can check out everything on the Urban Literary Agency blog as well as Universal Creativity Inc’s at the sites posted below.
https://universalcreativityinc14.wordpress.com/tag/universal-creativity-inc/
frankly TWISTED: the lost files Available Now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble & wherever books are sold.
– Kevin Eleven
“Read To Believe, Write To Achieve”
Flowered Concrete
www.floweredconcrete.net (Website)
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December 29, 2015
Flowered Concrete’s 1st Holiday Book Giveaway & 2015 Wrap-Up: Vlog 10
A BIG THANK YOU goes out to every and anyone that helped support or assist Flowered Concrete in any kind of way this year. Your encouragement and courtesy has been overwhelming and we truly appreciate everything to come tomorrow as well as in the foreseeable future. Happy Holidays to all and we will see you in 2016!!!!
Video by: Emir Fils-Aime (@blntprobe)
Edited by: Alton Taylor (@drawingrealm)
Yours Truly,
Kevin Eleven
“Read To Believe, Write To Achieve”
FLOWERED CONCRETE - "DREAM FOR ANYTHING, REACH FOR EVERYTHING."
This year for our second annual Flowered Concrete Wrap-Up, the team once again crashed Union Square and gave out 10 free copies of Kevin Eleven’s second novel, “frankly TWISTED”: the lost files to holiday shoppers and book lovers alike. A thank you segment to all that have helped out the trio this year is included as well.
Published by Flowered Concrete © 2015, All Rights Reserved
Video by: Emir Fils-Aime (@blntprobe)
Edited by: Alton Taylor (@drawingrealm)
December 28, 2015
“frankly TWISTED”: the x-mas pop-up! (Book Giveaway)
Yesterday, I felt truly blessed and fortunate to be a part of the “frankly TWISTED”: the lost files x-mas book giveaway! I look forward to seeing the potential results from this, following the holidays.
FYI: Footage and behind-the-scenes info will be provided as well. So be sure to stay tuned.
– Kevin Eleven
“Read To Believe, Write To Achieve”
FLOWERED CONCRETE - "DREAM FOR ANYTHING, REACH FOR EVERYTHING."
Our very own Kevin Eleven and friends will be giving out ten autographed copies of “frankly TWISTED”: the lost files today. Be sure to catch him and the entire collective in front of the Strand Bookstore. This is something that you will not want to miss as it is the second pop-up and final event of the year.
The collective will be giving away ten brand-new autographed copies of Kevin Eleven’s “frankly TWISTED” novel for FREE! There will be only ten copies this time around, therefore, if interested, please be sure to make your way downtown later on today. Information for the pop up is listed below.
Event: Flowered Concrete presents
“frankly TWISTED”: the pop up! (feat. Kevin Eleven & Friends)
Time: 2-4PM
Location: 828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
The Flowered Concrete team will be IN FRONT of the bookstore! NOT INSIDE! You won’t be able to miss them.
Find us online…
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December 8, 2015
Flowered Concrete & Queens Library Partnership One Year Later…
It was pleasure serving all of the Queens Libraries in New York City this year with my creative writing talents. I was very fortunate and I look forward to receiving an opportunity to do it again next year.
– Kevin Eleven
“Read To Believe, Write To Achieve”
Originally posted on FLOWERED CONCRETE - "DREAM FOR ANYTHING, REACH FOR EVERYTHING.":
Dear Flowered Concrete Followers,
One year ago today, Flowered Concrete’s Kevin Anglade (CEO/Founder) embarked upon a three week poetry workshop at Cambria Heights Library that combined both poetry and performance.
This year, the company has been fortunate enough to sustain the partnership from the Queens Library as we have built relationships with many of the library branches throughout the calendar year.
Our programs consist of teens/pre-teens as we lead them in workshops that will enhance and strengthen their creative writing and illustration chops through poetry, creative writing and drawing.
For each library that we worked with, we focused on the specific talents of the adolescents in attendance in order to cater to their needs when creating.
Below, is a list of the libraries that we worked at this year and a summary of the program itself:
Spring 2015
Cambria Heights Library – March 3rd, 10th, & 19th
“Zines To Reach…
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October 27, 2015
Flowered Concrete’s Queens Book Festival 2016 Update
If you live in the borough of Queens within NYC, the Queens Book Festival is well on its way, and I will be taking apart of it! Be sure to find out more in the latest Flowered Concrete post!
– Kevin Eleven
Originally posted on FLOWERED CONCRETE - "DREAM FOR ANYTHING, REACH FOR EVERYTHING.":
Dear Flowered Concrete Followers,
We’d like to announce that we here at Flowered Concrete have paid the registration fee and will be OFFICIALLY exhibiting at the inaugural Queens Book Festival in June 2016! Although a date hasn’t been set as of yet, this is still something to be quite happy and excited about as this will be Flowered Concrete’s first participation in a book festival or literary convention of any kind.
Moreover, we would once again like to thank all of those that donated this past spring to aid our mission to not only paying the registration fees but understanding our vision which is to educate and entertain the masses through vibrant literature.
In addition to that, we’d also to express our gratitude to those same people and also those that have been supportive of us due to the postponement of the festival as it was supposed to happen a…
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