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Anker Frankoni
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in San Francisco, The United States
November 23
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Mexican Eskimo Book 1: Exmikan
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2014
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4 editions
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Mexican Eskimo
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2012
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My Triumvirate of Writer’s Rules
When I first began stringing the words together that became “Mexican Eskimo,” I didn't know I was writing a book, or even setting out to become an author. It began as notes I kept as a way of helping myself process my mother’s suicide, and a promise to myself to take responsibility for my place in the complex family histories that led up to it.
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“My dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.
~ Falsely yours”
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Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.
~ Falsely yours”
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“I was in love with a beautiful blond once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.”
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“Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become a study for archaeologists...but it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.”
― Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
― Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
“Life’s going to do that to you missy. Gonna upset your wagon, not just once but many times. And you got to choose who’s sitting next to you. Someone you can trust…or not.”
― The Whip
― The Whip
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#KindleCountdown offer ~ #GiveBooks for the Holidays ~ #GiveHope for the future."Mexican Eskimo" is on the move. My #NewBook has escaped the Internet, and copies are now on the shelves at over 50 progressive #Indie #Bookstores across the U.S., including three of the most important feminist bookstores in the country: Charis Books of #Atlanta, #Bluestockings in #NewYork, and the most famous of all, In Other Words, whose appearances in the hit-show #Portlandia, have put into a category all its own!
The new 'Where to Buy' page on my website lists more than 100 book sellers across the United States (and Mexico!) with copies either on their shelves right now, or available as a special-order title: www.MexicanEskimo.com
So.... What the heck does "Mexican Eskimo" have to do with #Feminism?? Beneath its #wolf-skin facade of genre-bending #magical realism, theoretical constructs of dream-travel and reincarnation, and a strong overlayer of liberal #humanitarian politics, ultimately, "Mexican Eskimo" is a story about women, told by a man raised by one that should have been treated much better than she was. Best described as a trip through the dark which ends up in the light, it's a journey through time and the human condition, with a complex back-story featuring generations of unique characters (both human and otherwise), thrust together by fate and circumstance.
Give Books or #ReadBooks this holiday season ~ track a copy down at your favorite #Bookshop, or score the complete unabridged eBook for your #Kindle or other eReader on sale at #Amazon for only $1.99 for the next few days HERE: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JY8SXBW
Recently I received this feedback from a #Portland Oregon Bookshop buyer on #MexicanEskimo"Well. Yikes. The very first person who saw your book after it arrived was quite thrown by a white dude writing a book called 'Mexican Eskimo.' She said, 'Man, I hope he's takin' on some serious racial politics in here!' Then she opened the book and found nothing of the sort, and had a hard time getting what the book *is* about. So did I. I'm sorry, I just am having a hard time figuring out who my customer would be for your book. It's not grabbing me, and the first regular to lay eyes on it had a pretty negative response."
.... AND this very different take on my work from Kara's review here on Goodreads who 'gets' that "Mexican Eskimo" transcends race — a story of Spirit, from a place before Time began counting itself in years, and humans weren't labeled with names like 'white dude' or any other pigeon-holing #RacialIdentity tag.
Invite: If you've read my #NewFiction... or also like to judge books by their covers, care to weigh in with your thoughts either way? Friend me (18+ only please) to add comments, then post to my Facebook page here
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anker Frankoni is part joker, part thief; part joyful, part grief. "Mexican Eskimo" is a tale of two lives, separated by the one he's currently occupying, and is guaranteed to offer keen reflections into the one you currently call your own. What can you learn from a #MexicanEskimo? Find out free this long Labor Day weekend with a no-charge Kindle download ~ free offer ends today! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JY8SXBW
THANKS Goodreaders! 106 new downloads in past 24 hours during Kindle free-book promo of "Mexican Eskimo" has my new book now placed at #7 in Amazon Best Sellers rating for Top 100 Free Metaphysical Fiction Titles! Help me get into the top 5 before the promo ends tomorrow and claim your copy now ~~> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JY8SXBWThanks for Reading!
Anker Frankoni
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Goodreads Friends:Want to send a collectible "Mexican Eskimo" card to YOUR friend?? Email me - Anker@MexicanEskimo.com - with your name, their name, mailing address, and a short (+/- 20 word) note to have a hand-written postcard mailed to them today! Like your own personal Postagram service, but FREE and hand-written by yours truly ;-)
Dear Goodreads friends... Can you spare a Tweet? Help me reach 1,000 new readers this week during my Book Lover's Labor Day sale, and get a free download of my 9-Hour unabridged Audible audiobook. Just email me after tweeting the following message to receive your code--------------------------
Labor Day Sale #NewBook "Mexican Eskimo" by @AnkerFrankoni now a #FreeKindleBook 3 days only! Download here by 8/29 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JY8SXBW
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Thanks for your support!
Tu Amigo,
Anker Frankoni
Anker@MexicanEskimo.com
Twitter: @ankerfrankoni
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Take a break from charges AND reality this Labor Day: My #NewBook "Mexican Eskimo" is now a #FreeKindleBook special for 3 days only! Help yourself to a copy here before Aug. 29th ~ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JY8SXBW
Looking for your next #NewBook? Help me get my first re-order from Barnes & Noble by buying your copy of "Mexican Eskimo" before Labor Day and get the 9-Hour unabridged #AudioBook from Audible FREE! Just email me ~ Anker@MexicanEskimo.com ~ after purchasing from B&N to receive your #Audible download-code http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mexic...
