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Michael Joe Armijo

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Born

in Oakland, The United States

Website

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0F14WVB46...

Genre

Historical Fiction, Thriller, Gay and Lesbian

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Oscar Wilde, Thomas Mann, Patricia Highsmith ...more

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November 2010

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I keep a daily BLOG. Please follow it: http://007gentleman.blogspot.com/

My author page on Amazon with my most recent published books under my name, MICHAEL JOE ARMIJO:

https://www.amazon.com/SECRETS-INSIDE...

https://www.amazon.com/FUTURE-WE-CHAS...

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/...

I've written a book of poetry (A POCKETFULL OF MARBLES) but it is not appearing on this site for some reason. Here is a link for it:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-j-a...

My short/story pamplet book (MY MYSTERY CHILD) is available here:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-j-a...

I love QUOTES and always underline written words that have significant impact on me. I have denoted many quotes on my BLOG that have captured me for one reason or another.

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Where the Heart Is

‘I must have lived this before in another life, because it speaks to me so much. It’s as though I were trying to draw you into my memory.’--Denyse Beaulieu, THE PERFUME LOVER

May 17, 2000

I called cousin, Jose Mercado, today. He’s attending UCLA for the Theater Arts program, so I felt a need to show some hospitality. We will meet up at the Daily Grill in West Hollywood on May 2

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Mary Renault’s The Persian Boy is a richly imagined and deeply researched historical novel that carried me into another world. Told through the voice of The Persian Boy named Bagoas—the beautiful Persian eunuch who becomes one of Alexander the Great’ ...more
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Michael Joe’s Quotes

“How then, in the time that followed, did I become someone I didn't know?”
― Paul Lisicky

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“I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God. ”
― Leo F. Buscaglia, Living, Loving & Learning

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