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HALF WAY MARK_SEASON 2 DA CREW PODCAST_BONUS EPISODE_HOST PATRICE GRIMBALL · DA CREW Podcast

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Of course it's me you girl. SCI Book out A four three and
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we y'are here on another Saturday night and I am introducing you to a new
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author So you guys, this one is going to be a two parter.
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Tonight we're gonna talk about talk to this author about her journey and becoming an
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author, and then next week we're gonna talk about her books, y'all.
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Her book Wet Dreams. Wet Dreams, that is all I got to say.
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Wet Dreams. The title speaks of the book itself. So if you
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know me, you know I love to read erotica. That is one of
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my favorite genres. Don't judge me, don't judge me, Okay, But
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this book, Wet Dreams, of the book of poetry about this author and
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her journey of her life in that little realm. That's all we're gonna say
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tonight. Y'all gonna have to tune in next week to get the insight on
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the Wet Dreams. But remember that because at the end of this broadcast,
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I'm gonna tell you how you can possibly win your own copy of Wet Dreams
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by author Nicole Okay, So let's bring her up. Come on up,
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girly, come on up and join us. Hi, Hey are you I'm
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good? How are you? I am good? I am good? Welcome
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to sc Book Galas and friends. So we always start off. You have
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to tell everybody a little bit about yourself. So go ahead and tell us
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Hi, Hi, everyone. My name is author Nicole as Brown. I'm
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the owner and operator Poetry at Best Well we literally serve you the best.
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And it started here in Baton Rouge, but I'm a native of Monroe,
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Louisiana, which is a three hour drive away from Baton Rouge. I have
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a total of fifteen books right now, and I'm still working on more books
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as I speak. Sixteen, seventeenth, and eighteen simultaneously. I wrote seven
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books in one year because I was ready to get out of a situation that
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I didn't want to be in anymore. And I think we're probably going to
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discuss that a little bit, not too much in detail. But I love
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reading, I love writing, I love spending time with my kids, and
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I love to cook and do a whole bunch of other creative things. Singing
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as well. I love to sing. I can sing too. So I
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served as a music teacher for nine years. Oh wow, oh wow,
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that is awesome. I know that. Yeah. One more thing, I'm
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cert about to teach eight different subjects. Oh ooh, So, so if
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you can teach any subject. What subject would it be? Now? Music?
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I was okay, So let's narrow down a little bit more. If
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you can teach a course subject. I'm looking at you and I'm getting reading
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and I'm thinking science, but I think reading both of them. Yeah,
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because I incorporate a lot of reading strategies in my science classes. I'm certified
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in reading, okay, you know for kids because some of the science worst,
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some of the scientific words, you know, are are kind of difficult
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for students to read, So I teach them a way to read it,
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you know, you know, phonetically. You know they call it what do
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they call it? Sense or not sense? Read syllabic multi syllabic instruction.
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Yeah, we're gonna leave that up to you. Me and science no was
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Latin words, you know. I'm gonna tell you by me and science.
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When I was in high school, all my last period class of the day
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was science. And for some odd reason my tenth grade year, my little
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boyfriend was in the science class. So half of the time my mama she
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don passed on so I could talk to him. Half of the time it
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wasn't in school. So yeah, me and science just never got along.
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Wasn't happening. So what made you want to become an author? Well,
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I always liked writing and I always loved poetry because, like I said,
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I don't think I even told you, but music was always played in by
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a house growing up, so a lot of music is poetry. So whenever
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we did do in English classes and such, whenever we did do poetry,
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that was my thing. I loved Robert Frost and the poem nothing Gold Stays
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and the song that Stephen Wan wrote, uh stay Gold. I love that
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song. I did a when I was a music teacher. I had girls
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in a fall festival. I had girls sing not singing, doing a scarf
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routine and the gloves on the hands to that stay Goal. And before that
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they did the poem. They read the poem Nothing Gold Stays. So I
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do a lot of different things. Okay, So I guess my next question
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would be, like, what a right you said you've written? But over
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fifteen boats, I'm taking my time, I don't know, but take your
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time with all the books you got going on. Well, my next question
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to you would be what genres are those books about? Is everything poetry or
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you got a little bit of mixture things I got a little mix. Some
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of it is what I call a hybrid. It has some poetry and some
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paragraphs, like Wet Dreams has some paragraphs and some poetry. And then I
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have a book called Life Support that's the same thing. So it's some poem
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books that are hybrids, or I call them po VELAs or whatever. I
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made that term because of a novella is shorter than a novel, so I
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call it a poe vella because it has poetry and it has a little piece
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with novella as well. Okay, okay, So if you could choose any
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of your fifteen books, which one of those books would you say is your
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baby, like this book. If you had to recommend one of them to
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me, which one of those would be your baby? To say this is
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the book, which book would it be? You probably wouldn't believe. But
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it's not Wet Dreams my very first book, because it's it it started.
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I started writing a book when I was a pre service teacher. When I
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was in student teacher, and I was writing you know, educational poems and
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stuff when I was in college. So then when I became a teacher,
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I was writing them all along and along and along, and then when I
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became a music teacher, they kept you know, I kept adding, adding,
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adding, because I wrote all of the programs for the school. You
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know, the kids will sing or dance or something, and then I have
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something for them to read. So it's school days, holidays and all days
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a lot between. That's my baby, right there. I love that book,
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you know, that's like my favorite. And it's a three book series
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because I love teaching the kids. I love the kids, so I'm none
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of go ahead, sweetheart. Uh. And it's in special collections in the
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Louisiana State University Library and in the Missouri Southern State Library and the University of
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Missouri Library. And they also were contenders to be supplemental texts supplemental texts to
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teacher ed programs. Alright, so I guess my next question. It's kind
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of controversial, so I want you to listen to it. I know that
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we've had a lot of controversies when it comes down to teachers and their writings
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or the things that teacher has done in the classroom, Like the teacher just
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lost his job because the kids were taking out his hair, whereas another teacher
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different race was letting kids playing their hair. So my question to you has
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is has your writing ever caused an issue with you being a teacher? Yeah?
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But and it was before we dreams, you know, it was before
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we dreams. You know. Now when I get into situations where I have
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to work, I already tell them, will you have a problem? Ask
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where you have a problem with this? Because you know a lot of times
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people will say always saw ms Brown on Instagram, and she will say in
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this and this and this. But that's my thing outside of work, you
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know. I mean, I'm a spoken word artist, so it's probably gonna
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be some things that I say, but it doesn't mean that I'm saying it
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in class. You know. Whatever I say at home is what I say
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at home. Whatever I say at work is what I say at work.
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I'm just curious because I know where I work at there is I work at
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a public library, and I've been working this library for nineteen years. You
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guys. The craziest thing that's this happened in the state of South Carolina.
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Now, we have to put, as they say, provisions in the books,
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so and there has to be a certain area we keep those books that
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are controversial. I never thought I would see that, and I got kind
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of worried because the books that I read hmmm yeah, Like the last book
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I read was Choke Well, no choke me, spank me, pull my
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hair. Then there was another book called Deep Throat Divaults. So I was
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like, yo, what about the people like me who read these controversial titles?
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And you know, how would that affect? So that's what made me
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ask you that question, because now seems like everything is somehow being tied together.
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When we're supposed to have this work life balance quote quote, but now
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we have to worry about whatever we do in our life reflecting on our work,
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which is so wrong so many levels. So that's what made me ask
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you that question. You have the opportunity, okay, to write with any
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author. Who would it be? And why dead? All lie dead,
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are alive? Bring them back if your ha mm hmm oh just one okay,
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okay, I'll give you three choices. Three choices, Well, Shakespeare
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is one, Maya Angelo and Langston Hughes. Oh why is Shakespeare? Girl?
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Ooh? I love I love him and I always want to go to
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London to see the Globe Theater because I love Romeo, Juliet and Julius Caesar,
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all of those all place, all of them. I feel like the
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way his the way, his choice of words I have. I want a
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poster for Christmas, and I hope my kids get it for me that says
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insult like Shakespeare because because words? Oh, okay, okay, Why am
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Langston huge Langston Hughes. He was part of the Harlem Renaissance. He was
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one of the four runners of it. And he just had a lot a
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lot of He just had a unique style. It's hard to explain. I
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just really liked a lot of his work, Okay. And then Maya Angelo.
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Why her? Because she's from the South and she now she's from not
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too far where I'm from. She's from she was from Arkansas Stamps and she
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grew up in a small town just like me. And she's She's went through
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a lot of stuff in her life just like I did. And I can
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identify with her, especially with the book that a lot of people I know
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why the Cage Bird Sings because she was really quiet because of some of the
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issues that she grew up having. Uh. She was really quiet, and
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as a child, I was really quiet. I won the Quiet Game K
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through twelve on Mash I understand. I understand one of the quiet games.
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So it's it's you have so many books and I just I want to tap
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into each of them. But can we get a little bit of what Wet
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Dreams is about? So we can have you know, yeah, okay,
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I'll give you one call let me see it. I know that one by
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hard, time out, time out. Oh oh, y'all, please please
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what you know? What? Go ahead? I think you might answer with
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the point, go ahead, go ahead. This is called let me see
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it from Wet Dreams. I know that the neighbors hear it, but they
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definitely don't see it. What are they here? Let me see? They
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hit a bed rocking, They hear both of us cussing. They hear me
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screaming. They hear me and you laughing. They hear ugk playing loudly.
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Then hear you calling my name, then hear me calling here, You calling
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me all kinds of names that I like to hear you say. Let me
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see. I bet the neighbors say them. Nasty niggas be at it every
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damn day. They be fucking all kinds of ways. Now never get tired
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of doing that shit. The fucking maybor be saying to his wife that black
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girl got some big gass lips, and that black dude of the suit that
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draws the luxurious car leaves that apartment every day smiling bigger than the superstar.
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But she leaves to get the mall. She's smiling to what they do.
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Hm, we hit every day of day. I'm just gonna knock on the
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door one day while they're at their buck wild play, just to say hey
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and let me see it. That's that piece, all right, y'all were
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about to go into commercial. That sude. We're going fin this to often
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the cool girl. Let me find out, y'all, we're gonna be back.
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We're gonna try to get that commercial. Turn off the la can tonight
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an imagine, let's take a shower shower together. I'll watch a Bundy you
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must not that some wealth day and save Jayce. Turn On, Come to
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girl. I'm want to give you a special tweet. You're so sweet.
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Turn on. You know that song is very appropriate when time y'all heard the
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point. If you want to hear it again when we come off, y'all
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and go and catch the replay. But I have a question for you.
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Someone asks, have you ever had any backlash when writing The Point, while
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writing Wet Dreams. After writing Wet Dreams, Oh yeah. A lot of
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women, a lot of mad wives, a lot of a lot of men,
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uh sending me things that I didn't know want to see a lot of
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guys on Instagram on DM and me talking about I love you so good,
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so good things. I mean, some of it was good and some of
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it was not so good. So how do you deal with criticism when it
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comes to your books? Huh? How do you what criticism? Yes,
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like, when somebody gives you a negative comment or they say something negative about
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your books, or excuse me, say something negative about the poems in your
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books. How do you deal with it? Oh? I try to take
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it in stride and just let it, you know, try to deal with
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it in a positive way. Because everybody has their own opinion. I love
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that. I love that because I do reviews and people I've had some people
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get mad at me and I'm like, hey, it is just my opinion.
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Every book is not for everybody, you know. I can't read the
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OM series because I'm gonna get bored. But I can set up here and
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read Thugs and the Woman who love them and have no problem whatsoever. I
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can read Queen Latifa, girl, fixed your crown, but then I can't
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read think like a women, Act like a woman, think like a man.
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So it's really about the person who's reading your book. The fact that
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they read your book is a thing that gets me. That should give you
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the honor and the pride. So we're getting down to those last moments,
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baby girls. So tell us how we can follow you, how we can
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get our copy of Wet Dreams, because we're gonna be talking about it next
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week, you guys, And how can we keep up with you? Or
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you know, how would you like to close out? Okay? You can.
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You can find me, oh these headphones. You can find me on
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Twitter and as out the Nicolas Brown or you know a Twitter Nikki secret which
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is x now it's not Twitter anymore. You can find me on Instagram at
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author the Colas Brown, TikTok the same author Nicolas Brown, LinkedIn author Nicolas
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Brown eds and Tumblr is the same author Nicole as Brown and also on Facebook
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as Nicole Sharon Brown. And I also have a fan page fan page outstanding
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author and poet Nicoles Brown. You can buy my books or any of or
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Wet Dreams or any of my other books on Amazon Books a Million, Barns
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and Noble, many and other many online retailers worldwide, even bookstores in Tokyo.
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They're everywhere. And I also have my own websites, which are Poetry
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at Best dot sc dot com or author Nicolas Brown do yolasite dot com.
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All right, y'all got all the run down on how you can get her
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books. Now. I told y'all to pay attention, and I told you
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guys that we would have something for y'all for next week. Okay, so
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often Nicole S. Brown, that's gonna be back with me on next Saturday
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night, y'all. And y'all heard the point. But now we're gonna talk
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about the book. The book, you guys, Wet Dreams. So if
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you are part of SC Book Outs and Friends reader page, here is the
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opportunity for you Tomorrow. I won't say tomorrow. Tomorrow we're gonna do a
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kid friendly show, so y'all, I'll talk about that in a minute Monday.
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If you are in the reader group, I am going to give away
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a copy of Wet Dreams so you can read it and join us on Saturday
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night when we talk about Wet Dreams by author Nicole S. Brown. Okay,
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I'm gonna post a question at ten am, Nicole Off Nicole Brown,
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are you in my readers group? I believe it's oh, yes, ma'am,
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yeah, yes, ma'am. You can't get out the answer now because
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I'm gonna ask the question. I'm gonna pose that question at ten am.
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And like I said, you have to be in the reader's group. And
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if you want to be in the reader's group, you know where you can
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find me. Patrece Grimble, sc Book Gals and Friends, The Crew podcasts,
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Aspiring Offors Magazine, Aspiring Offors Magazine review page. All of those pages
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will contain I will make sure tonight to the link for you to join at
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Seeing Book Gall and Friends Reader's page. Monday at ten am, I'm gonna
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post a question. Okay, you guys, and it's going to be a
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question about often about well this way often the Coole es Brown at five pm.
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Well, no, I get off at five, So let's say six
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pm. I am going to choose the winner of some one who gets me
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the correct answer? Okay, ten am, questioning me in posts six pm.
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Wanna bean choose next Saturday night, eight pm, this young lady right
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here will be back with me again and we're gonna be talking about those wet
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dreams. Okay, Nicole, miss Brown, I thank you for joining me
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tonight. I'm gonna see you again next Saturday. Correct, Yes, same
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time, same place. Yes, well, all right, thank you for
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being a part of our show. But don't leave everyone. We pray that
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you have a great night, sweetheart. All right, you have a great
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night as well. Thanks for having me on. Thanks to being on you
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guys. I am so happy and honor to have her. But tomorrow night,
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you guys get to see a bonus show with me in my little person.
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Yes, read me and my daughter and nay are we are gonna be
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talking children's books, you guys, and I'm gonna read one of my favorite
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stories. Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and tell y'all it's gonna be about
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the monster at the end of the book. So tomorrow night, eight pm,
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won't you gay kids come on hang out with me and my nine year
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old and ya will recurtriate some books that I brought back from my conference and
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some that we have home, and some we got from the library. But
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this this session is going to be what I always wanted to do with her
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and I want you guys to do. Let's get that family bond back together.
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Get these kids reading thirty minutes a day for the summer, just to
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prevent that summer slide, just like i'ma preaching for the longest. So Tomorrow
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night, me and my baby girl a story time in our little Book of
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You segment. So remember we got the book giveaway on Monday, Me and
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my daughter. Tomorrow's Saturday night. Miss Brown's coming back again and we're gonna
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talk about wet dreams. Thank you guys for joining us. Have a good
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night. Bye, all persons, All things ain't what? Thank you stupid?
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Where did all the Blue Sky's book boys? And Miss the Way blos
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from the Lord from something super Well, Persons,