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Howard G. Franklin

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in St. Joe, Missouri, The United States

July 26

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1940 - 2016

HOWARD G. FRANKLIN was born in St. Joe, Missouri in 1940. Raised in Los Angeles, he received his B.S. in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Southern California, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law.

From 1968 to 1988, Howard served as a Deputy Public Defender for Los Angeles County, was engaged in the private practice of law, and became a partner in F & F Investment Company.

An avid sports enthusiast, Howard has been “learning to play tennis” since he was seven, and he is fervently devoted to baseball and his beloved Seattle Mariners with a religious zeal inherited from his childhood hero, Grampy Max.

It is family and friends, however, that truly center his life, and he freq 1940 - 2016

HOWARD G. FRANKLIN was born in St. Joe, Missouri in 1940. Raised in Los Angeles, he received his B.S. in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Southern California, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law.

From 1968 to 1988, Howard served as a Deputy Public Defender for Los Angeles County, was engaged in the private practice of law, and became a partner in F & F Investment Company.

An avid sports enthusiast, Howard has been “learning to play tennis” since he was seven, and he is fervently devoted to baseball and his beloved Seattle Mariners with a religious zeal inherited from his childhood hero, Grampy Max.

It is family and friends, however, that truly center his life, and he frequently travels to Southern California to visit his two sisters and assorted nephews and nieces—not to forget for a second his daughter Amy and sons Matthew and Nicholas. Having inherited her dad’s social sensitivity and desire to help people, Amy is devoted to her work as a music therapist and drug counselor. Matt is president of Franklin Family Properties, the large real estate development company founded by his grandparents, and is ably assisted by his younger brother Nick, who serves as Controller. Fortunate to have been adopted by his wife Linda’s family, Howard and Linda also travel often to Philadelphia to visit her parents, two younger brothers, and an even larger assortment of nephews and nieces. And when not Skyping, the Frequent-Flyer Twosome also visit Rochester, home to Linda’s daughter Wendy, a psychology postdoctoral fellow, her husband Chris, a software developer, and the proverbial apple of their eye, their grandson Devon, who just celebrated his first birthday.

In 1991, after the untimely death of his second wife, Patty, Howard moved to Portland, Oregon—where amidst the joys and trauma of single parenting Matt and Nick, he began writing full time.

His short stories and poetry have appeared on radio, in newspapers, and numerous national magazines and literary journals such as A Different Drummer, Razem, the Lake Oswego Review, The Sandwich Generation, Silver Quill, Nomad’s Choir, Single Vision, and Poets at Work. He also has appeared as a guest poet in Poetspeak’s Reading Series at Portland State University, and in the Northwest Coalition’s celebration of National Poetry Month in Vancouver, Washington. ...more

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When I began this blog, a little over a year ago, its stated purpose was to contribute to the growing conversation about America’s Criminal Justice System, and the crucial need to reform it, and that remains its core focus. However, at a time when our country is experiencing major political, economic, and social divisiveness, it entered my mind that a brief pause to reflect on baseball

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Restless Genius: Barney Kilgore, The Wall Street Journal, and the Invention of Modern Journalism

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“She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.”
― Henry James

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“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― William Faulkner

tags: courage, determination, hope, risk

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“Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.”
― Toni Morrison, Jazz

tags: love

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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

tags: freedom, self

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“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
― Ray Bradbury

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message 12: by Howard

Aug 14, 2015 09:34AM

Woke up to find that my novel Gideon's Children was featured on the Above the Law website. How exciting! http://abovethelaw.com/2015/08/an-int...

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message 11: by Howard

Jun 01, 2015 03:45PM

Very pleased with this in depth interview with the Southern Literary Review
http://southernlitreview.com/authors/...

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message 10: by Howard

Jun 01, 2015 10:05AM

I was honored to be a guest on A Just Cause Radio last week. A recording of the show is here http://ow.ly/NITIf

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message 9: by Howard

Apr 30, 2015 10:00AM

Utterly powerful short video by Brave New Films https://youtu.be/fTcSVQJ2h8g

I hope more people watch this w/eyes & hearts open.

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message 8: by Howard

Apr 21, 2015 12:32PM

From a recent event hosted by The North Coast Squid lit mag. I read one of my poems "Faith and Doubt".
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3854800...

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message 7: by Howard

Apr 09, 2015 10:04AM

My friend put this together from a review of Gideon's Children on Amazon. GC_Amzn_Review_C

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message 6: by Howard

Mar 18, 2015 11:41AM

For some reason the Kindle price of Gideon's Children just changed to $3.99 but hey, that's still a really good deal.

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message 5: by Howard

Mar 03, 2015 10:04AM

My excitement is on high, because finally Gideon's Children now has the opportunity to contribute to the growing discussion about the need to improve the workings of our Criminal Justice System. Gideon's Children We have made it available on Kindle for just $3.19

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message 4: by Howard

Feb 18, 2015 12:53PM

Gideon's Children has been added to a list on Civil Rights & Law if you'd care to vote.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/book/2...

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message 3: by Howard

Jan 30, 2015 01:21PM

I'm very excited to announce the giveaway of my upcoming novel
Gideon's Children.

This historical fiction thriller is about the perils and triumphs of public defenders going up against injustice in 1960's Los Angeles.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

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message 2: by Howard

Jan 30, 2015 08:57AM

Thanks, Debbie. I hope you find G.C. rewarding. Happy reading to you, too!

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message 1: by Debbie "DJ"

Jan 30, 2015 08:40AM