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Active Citizenship Today Field Guide
A how-to book for students interested in becoming involved in community service.
188 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2005
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About the author
Charles Degelman
15 books14 followersCharles Degelman is a writer and editor living in Los Angeles. Gates of Eden - a 60s tale of resistance, rebellion, and love - was recently published by Harvard Square Editions. Gates won a Silver Medal from the 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards.
His second novel, A Bowl Full of Nails was published by Harvard Square Editions, Feb 1, 2015. Nails was finalist in Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether competition and recently garnered a Bronze Medal from the 2015 Independent Publishers Book Awards.
His most recent novel, Rocked in Time — Confessions of a Radical Theater Artist, completes Degelman's Resistance Trilogy. He sets all three volumes of this trilogy in the resistance movements of the 1960s and '70s. Each novel explores a different world of rebellion, and each novel celebrates those who dare to buck the system.
Impressions of two trips to Cuba have been published in Cuba by Travelers Tales.
A longtime theater artist, Degelman co-founded the Indecent Exposure Theater Company, a Los Angeles - based theater company dedicated to creating original work for the stage.
He teaches writing and media studies at California State University, Los Angeles.
AWARDS
2015 — Bronze Medalist, Fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards
2012 – Silver Medalist, Fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards
2011 — Finalist, American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, sponsored by Francis Ford Coppola
2011 — Finalist, Cal State Media Arts Festival
1999 – Finalist, Bellwether Prize for Fiction, sponsored by Barbara Kingsolver
1992 — Diane Thomas Screenwriting Awards, UCLA Writers ProgramFinalist,
His second novel, A Bowl Full of Nails was published by Harvard Square Editions, Feb 1, 2015. Nails was finalist in Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether competition and recently garnered a Bronze Medal from the 2015 Independent Publishers Book Awards.
His most recent novel, Rocked in Time — Confessions of a Radical Theater Artist, completes Degelman's Resistance Trilogy. He sets all three volumes of this trilogy in the resistance movements of the 1960s and '70s. Each novel explores a different world of rebellion, and each novel celebrates those who dare to buck the system.
Impressions of two trips to Cuba have been published in Cuba by Travelers Tales.
A longtime theater artist, Degelman co-founded the Indecent Exposure Theater Company, a Los Angeles - based theater company dedicated to creating original work for the stage.
He teaches writing and media studies at California State University, Los Angeles.
AWARDS
2015 — Bronze Medalist, Fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards
2012 – Silver Medalist, Fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards
2011 — Finalist, American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, sponsored by Francis Ford Coppola
2011 — Finalist, Cal State Media Arts Festival
1999 – Finalist, Bellwether Prize for Fiction, sponsored by Barbara Kingsolver
1992 — Diane Thomas Screenwriting Awards, UCLA Writers ProgramFinalist,
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