Craig Hickman, Author of "Fumbling Toward Divinity", to Appear Live on The-Seeker.com Internet Radio Show
Bestselling author Craig Hickman will discuss his one-of-a-kind, ambitious, and stunning new memoir, on Linda Hammer’s Internet radio show, www.the-seeker.com, Friday, April 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m., EDT. The show will be broadcast simultaneously on WTMY 1280 AM in Sarasota, Florida.
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) April 22, 2005 -- Bestselling author Craig Hickman will
discuss Fumbling Toward Divinity, a one-of-a-kind, ambitious, and stunning new
memoir, on Linda Hammer’s Internet radio show, www.the-seeker.com, Friday,
April 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m., EDT. The show will be broadcast simultaneously on
WTMY 1280 AM in Sarasota, Florida.
Imagine growing up and having to
witness your doctor mark large black X’s through your medical file under the
family history section because you have no idea what conditions or diseases run
in your bloodline. Imagine living most of your life without ever seeing anyone
who looked like you. Imagine that when you are finally old enough to get some
information about where you came from, your file resembles a classified FBI
document littered with long black streaks that render your born identity
anonymous.
In this gripping and intimate memoir, Craig Hickman heeds the
signs of his life and journeys into uncharted waters. After five years of
searching, he shows up unannounced on his birth mother’s doorstep. Craig’s
parents and sister are supportive of his search, as is Job, the Dutchman with
whom Craig has shared the last four years of his life. Jennifer, a devout
Seventh-Day Adventist, happy that her son has found her, attempts to allay her
guilt and shame for giving him up and tries to make up for lost time. After all,
she believes her son loves men because she abandoned him at
birth.
Borrowing from ancient oral traditions, the story is told
primarily in the third person whereby the telling of the story becomes part of
the story itself. Set primarily in Milwaukee and Boston—with stops in Atlanta,
St. Louis, Alabama, Maine, Ohio, and Wyoming—and peopled with unforgettable
characters, Fumbling Toward Divinity weaves together several compelling lives
and relationships in an unputdownable read. From the opening pages to the
poignant conclusion, Craig Hickman re-invents the memoir and proves himself a
master storyteller.
Part mystery, part history, part family saga, part
divination—all of it true—Fumbling Toward Divinity bears witness to the
transcendent power of spirit and love in an age of terror and madness. It
delivers an emotional intensity that fiction—by comparison—can hope to
achieve.
The book is available at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and
your favorite bookstore. Autographed copies can be purchased at http://hometown.aol.com/abcfarmbooks.
About The
Author
Craig Hickman is a poet, performance artist, cultural activist, and
author of The Language of Mirrors and the bestseller Rituals: Poetry and Prose.
He is the biological great grandson of Madree Penn White, national co-founder of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard
University. He is a recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist
Grant, a James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and a Gertrude Johnson
Williams Literary Award from Ebony magazine. His solo performance skin &
ornaments has been staged all over the country. He appeared in the film “Never
Met Picasso,” starring Alexis Arquette and Margot Kidder. An open records
advocate, he is also a member of ACCESS 2006, a grassroots effort dedicated to
passing legislation allowing adult adoptees born in Maine access to their
original birth certificates. He lives in Maine and Massachusetts. Visit http://hometown.aol.com/craighickman.
About The
Program
The Seeker is a free, multifaceted organization that helps people
find missing friends and relatives through a website, a magazine, a flyer, a
newspaper column, a radio show, and LIVE local presentations over the years.
Visit www.the-seeker.com for more information.
Excerpt
Brilliantly blessed are those who forgive themselves, for
they will be able to forgive all others their greatest
wrongdoings.
Brilliantly blessed are those who walk with courage through
the depths of their own sorrow, for they will walk also through the greatest joy
and their Spirits will grow exponentially; for them, a healing will
come.
Brilliantly blessed are those who share what they have with those
who have not, for their generosity will be rewarded with even more to
share.
Brilliantly blessed are those who seek perfection not in people or
things, but in the process of Loving itself, for they shall possess clarity of
insight.
Brilliantly blessed are those who walk with courage through the
depths of their own fear, for they will Love from the bottom of their
hearts.
Brilliantly blessed are those who belong to the trees and the
animals, for their voices will grow plants like the sun and their kindness will
kill the anger of strangers.
Brilliantly blessed are those who strive to
create unity out of vast diversity, for they will experience Heaven on
earth.
Excerpted from "Fumbling Toward Divinity" by Craig Hickman.
Copyright © 2005 by Craig Hickman. Excerpted by permission of Annabessacook
Farm. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or
reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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