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Kergan Edwards-Stout

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in Long Beach, CA, The United States

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Kergan Edwards-Stout is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and author, whose new fictional memoir Never Turn Your Back on the Tide (Or, How I Married a Lying, Psychopathic Wannabe-Murderer and Kinda Lived to Tell) is a 2020 IndieReader award winner and a 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist. His debut novel, Songs for the New Depression, won a 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Award, was shortlisted for the Independent Literary Awards, was named one of the Top Books for 2012 by Out in Print. His collection, Gifts Not Yet Given, landed on multiple Best Book lists and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. His greatest honor, however, was to have been named one of the Human Rights Campaign's 2011 Fathers of the ...more

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I so appreciate this lovely review by The Book Commentary of “Never Turn Your Back on the Tide (Or, How I Married a Lying, Psychopathic Wannabe Murdered - And Kinda Lived to Tell.”

“Kergan Edwards-Stout’s Never Turn Your Back on the Tide is a compelling fictional memoir that recounts his tumultuous life journey through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, marked by personal trauma, resilience,

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Average rating: 4.16 · 133 ratings · 67 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Songs for the New Depression 4.18 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gifts Not Yet Given 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Turn Your Back on the Tide: 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to My Bully by Azaan Kamau (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ifalade Ta'Shia Asanti (Editor), Kergan Edwards-Stout (Goodreads Author) (Preface) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letters to My Bully Anthology by Ifalade Ta'Shia Asanti (Editor), Azaan Kamau (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert LaSardo (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Songs for the New Depression by Kergan Edwards-Stout (2011-10-25) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...flaky, crisp, layered, and multi-textured. Which was me. Sweet and sour. Soft and crisp. I discovered that these varied elements, that for so long had seemed at odds, were actually complementary.”
― Kergan Edwards-Stout, Songs for the New Depression

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“...I believe that God requires nothing of us. There is no entrance fee or requirement for participation. He is there already, inside each of us, if only we'd stop and listen.”
― Kergan Edwards-Stout, Songs for the New Depression

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“Upon reflection, I realize that your image of me right now might be a bit skewed. Actually, kind of fucked. I am neither a nihilist, inordinately depressed, nor jaded. Though I can be and have been all of the above, and fully expect to be again.”
― Kergan Edwards-Stout, Songs for the New Depression

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