Asa D Seeley, a young Afro American man, shares his struggle to leave his past behind as he reaches for his future. In his one-of-a-kind style, he searches for answers...from the visible & invisible. A Memoir in Poetical/Prose form.
For a time, I perched myself on a flat rock, comparing my life with the Guyandotte River. Just as its tributaries replenish it daily, changing it in some small—sometimes great—degree, so have the day-to-day occurrences of life changed me. Like the ri
“I was adopted at age four to Southern, fundamentalist parents in their mid-fifties—what more could a writer want?”
Background
Information
I was given a fairy tale life--full of tragedy, drama, wicked witches (it seemed like), heartbreak and triumph. At four years old, my family could no longer raise me, (alcoholic father, mentally ill mother), and I was given away. My new mother was a fundamentalist minister and my father, an elder. I grew up steeped in the world of hellfire and brimstone, fed a daily dose Bible stories and scriptures, Southern food and folklore. All this, and being an only child fed my overactive imagination. It is only natural for me to be a storyteller--both on the page and in person. Instead of considering all this a terrible childhood, I consider it my greatest asset.
Birth Place
Daytona Bch, FL
Accomplishments
Carol is the recipent of the 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia Summer Institute fellowship, and the 2007 John Woods Scholarship to the Prague Summer Workshops. She also teaches at the Florida Governor's Honors Program in Jacksonville, Florida.
Contact Information
149 Las Palmas Lane
Ponte Vedra Beach FL 32082
USA
Share
Save
[