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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.
An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.
For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.
He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.
Ruminations and provocations.
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Regardless of anyone’s views on Swift’s music or even her social views, it’s come down to a very simple and primitive equation: If the “other side” likes her, we don’t, and if the other side hates her, we love her. If you’re on the left and don’t like her music, there must be something wrong with you. If you’re on the right and do like it, you’d better not admit it.
Read MoreThe Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is, in effect, holding Dolly Parton hostage to its decision-making process. Should she really be forced to be part of an organization she doesn’t want to be associated with (at least at this point)?
Read MoreI’d rather do a lot of things than listen to hip-hop. That doesn’t make it bad; it just means I don’t like it.
Read MoreHonoring Jay-Z as a rock artist is like … giving George R.R. Martin an award for writing history, because he writes about the “history” of imaginary worlds he creates himself. That’s world-building, not history writing. Maya Angelou is a great poet, but she shouldn’t get an award as a sports journalist. Stephen Curry may be the best basketball player in the world. He’s also a decent golfer, but he doesn’t deserves a spot on the PGA Tour. Yet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame insists on inducting artists who don’t play rock and roll music.
Read MoreIt’s 40 years this spring since I graduated from high school, and it’s easy to feel old when you realize how much the world has changed during those years. But if you really want to feel old, compare the changes in the past 40 years with those that occurred in the four decades before that!
Read MoreIf you’re struggling to make enough money to pay the rent and put food on the table, you probably don’t care about Kamala Harris’ photo or fashion magazines in general, and you may not care one way or another what Lana Del Rey thinks. To working-class people, criticisms like this appear to come from out-of-touch cultural snobs with too much time on their hands.
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