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Brian Kagan

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Born
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
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Memoir, Humor and Comedy, Nonfiction

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In the beginning, God created the heavens . . . and Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal, and Jerry Seinfeld. And God said, let there be another meshugganah. And so it was that He created Brian Kagan. And now that Brian has been to the mountaintop—the Catskills—he’s ready to give the world a look into his shorts. That is, his first collection of short, personal essays.

Before turning to writing this collection, Kagan spent an illustrious forty-five-year career as a strategic brand and marketing adviser, working with companies and individuals like Pentax Corporation, FedEx, Westin Hotels, World Relief, First Book, Academy of Country Music, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, and Kenny Rogers. Kagan currently resides in Colorado with ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Brian Kagan I set a time for not less than 2 hours to write each day at the same time. I make it like a doctor's appointment (we wouldn't miss one of those). Afte…moreI set a time for not less than 2 hours to write each day at the same time. I make it like a doctor's appointment (we wouldn't miss one of those). After doing that for am month it becomes a habit...a good one. If it's not a ritual, it cannot become a habit, and then you'll fall into the "I'll do it when I find, get, discover, have the time." There is no such thing!(less)
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Brian Kagan Discovering another universe where you can escape and "be" instead of "do" as is the case in our A.D.D. (Always Doing Doing) culture. It also is catha…moreDiscovering another universe where you can escape and "be" instead of "do" as is the case in our A.D.D. (Always Doing Doing) culture. It also is cathartic and healing and in my case is the best drug for treating my depression and anxiety issues. (less)
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The Stink About the Return of Perms A Crime Against Hair-Manity

Yesterday, while fishing the internet’s deep waters for a story referencing fashions from the early 2000s, I hooked a 2019 Harper’s Bazaar article, the title of which curled the hairs on the back of my neck: “Is the perm the biggest (and most surprising) hair trend for 2020?”
Made popular in the 1980s—think Jennifer Gray in Dirty Dancing and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally—perms eventually stunk a Read more of this blog post »
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A Promised Land
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