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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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We’re letting people get famous without proving themselves. The Paul brothers are Exhibit A. How many hard-working fighters who’ve paid their dues would have given their eye teeth to get a shot at Mayweather? A whole lot. But the white guy with no credible experience steps to the front of the line. I’ve never cared for the term “white privilege,” but if this ain’t it, I don’t know what is.
Read MoreYou all know them. You may wish you didn’t. Or that they’d go away — I know I sure do. I don’t wish them any ill (most of them, anyway). I just wish they’d retire from public life because they’re more annoying than a piece of popcorn stuck in your teeth and more overexposed than a roll of film (you remember those) that’s been left in the sun all summer. In Alaska.
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 MoreArkansas lawmakers’ objective in passing their anti-trans law is clear: Stop doctors from doing what they believe is right for their patients, what their patients believe is right, and what the patients’ parents support. Talk about government intrusion. That’s a trifecta.
Read MoreThe problem with these monuments is that… they fail to offer any context. They glorify both the defense of slavery and the act of taking up arms against fellow citizens. It’s one thing to remember the evils of our own history, as we should, but it’s quite another thing to excuse or even celebrate them.
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!
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