“I’d been in music class and they always wanted me to tell stories. When the teacher would be requested to go to the office, she’d leave the class open to put-up talent show and ask somebody to sing or tell a joke. My classmate would have me tell a story and I got the idea to take this even further. When I was about fifteen, I wrote my first novel and a three-act play which was loosely based on some scenes I’ve seen in the adventures of Robin Hood and in another movie called the Kentucky… But now, it would be a long time to do a second or a third draft of it. It’s a little bit more than I bargained. It had its thrills and delights but still when I started writing, in a novelistic way, it was almost like opening a Pandora's box because a lot of real scenes and usual experiences proceeded from that.”
Listen to author Eligah Boykin as he takes you down memory lane and then immerses you to the world of Alphonso Gentle.
Eligah Boykin has been, among other things, a painter, sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist, playwright, director, actor, poet, short story writer, and novelist. He freely admits he could know a heaven of a lot more about all these things and is currently making plans to do so. He claims as his ultimate goal to revolutionize and rehabilitate the Art Culture of the World.
Born in Mobile, Alabama and raised in Detroit, Michigan the author feels blessed to have survived enough of his own ignorance and stupidity to graduate from the College of Creative Studies with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. He has also earned a Correspondence Diploma in Commercial Art from ART INSTRUCTION SCHOOLS, famous for having graduated "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz, among others. He can also claim a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Full Sail University As a youth, he was state winner of the Optimist Oratorical Contest under the guidance of Frances Hamburger and wrote and directed three one-act plays for the Cass Tech. One Act Festival under the direction of Pierre Rener.
The present work is a freewheeling story of the imagination largely drawn from many of his experiences among his friends in Detroit. The author hopes to be fortunate enough to tell many more. He counts among his many influences Alex Haley and Carl Sagan, as well as his loving parents, Eligah Sr. and Mattye Boykin, for their unspoken example of dignity and strength.
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