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Jonathan LaPoma
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Born
in Buffalo, NY, The United States
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Influences
Jim Carroll, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hunter
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Member Since
May 2014
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/jonlapoma
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Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story (The Alacrán #4)
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2015
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4 editions
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The Summer of Crud (The Alacrán #2)
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2018
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Hammond (The Alacrán #1)
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Understanding the Alacran (The Alacrán #3)
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2017
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3 editions
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The Soul City Salvation (The Alacrán #5)
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2020
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A Noble Truth
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2015
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Review Blurbs for DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY
Inspired by his own travels, screenwriter and author LaPoma's narrative is raw and edgy, effectively anchored by two protagonists whose brio and "same sense of adventure" keep the story alive...Entertaining and authentic look at the troubled American educational system, courtesy of two men propelled by perseverance and adventuresome spirits. —Kirkus Reviews, Recommended Review
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“But that's just the way it was surviving in America's public schools. Every day was a struggle. Every day was psychological warfare, and if you didn't stay sharp, the system would grind you into human pencil shavings.”
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
“So I returned to the northern strip of Miami Beach, the valley just far enough north to muffle the piercing South Beach celebratory voices, and just far enough south to dull the glittering lights of the Sunny Isles high rises, and I went to sleep in the city where exhausted people lived exhausted lives, but never stopped once to even ponder sleep--to even dream sleep an option, in the country that breeds ghosts, where the people can't understand why everything real always passes right through their arms. There was so much life out there for all of us, but so few would ever touch it. God, how I wanted to feel.”
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
“...this world presents us with so many false prophets that it's difficult for those of us with the most faith and love to refrain from just giving it all away to the first or flashiest bidder”
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
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“But that's just the way it was surviving in America's public schools. Every day was a struggle. Every day was psychological warfare, and if you didn't stay sharp, the system would grind you into human pencil shavings.”
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
“So I returned to the northern strip of Miami Beach, the valley just far enough north to muffle the piercing South Beach celebratory voices, and just far enough south to dull the glittering lights of the Sunny Isles high rises, and I went to sleep in the city where exhausted people lived exhausted lives, but never stopped once to even ponder sleep--to even dream sleep an option, in the country that breeds ghosts, where the people can't understand why everything real always passes right through their arms. There was so much life out there for all of us, but so few would ever touch it. God, how I wanted to feel.”
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
“...this world presents us with so many false prophets that it's difficult for those of us with the most faith and love to refrain from just giving it all away to the first or flashiest bidder”
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
― Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
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