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Bradford Philen has taught high school English since 2002 in Namibia, New York City, Senegal, China, and is now working in the Philippines. He is the author of the novella AUTUMN FALLS and two short story collections--EVERYTHING IS INSHA'ALLAH and WHEN THE COLOR STARTED. His fourth book, a novel, is forthcoming in 2024. You can find his full list of publications at http://www.bradfordphilen.com. ...more

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	When the Color Started 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	Autumn Falls 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	Everything is Insha'Allah 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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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A Letter to Derrick Rose that's really about Eric Garner

(originally posted @ bradfordphilen.com on December 12, 2014, then @ http://goodmenproject.com/featured-co... on December 15, 2014)

Dear Derrick Rose,

Or is it DRose? I was gonna hit you up on Twitter, but you got, like, 2.15 million Followers, 8 Favorites, and only 46 total Tweets. To top it off, the last time you actually tweeted was September 12. Those are Kanye-esque-celebrity-status Twitter sta Read more of this blog post »

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