Author: LM ARNAL
LM ARNAL is a multiracial writer who grew up without a family in Europe, at a time when mixed relationships were still taboo, and who migrated at a young age to the United States.
In Europe, after studying literature and political philosophy ARNAL found the weight of racism too thwarting and decided to travel as an adventurer.
The United States was a place where everything seemed possible, and it was easy for this soon-to-be-writer to learn many skills to be independent and remain free. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry Miller, George Orwell, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Reich, and Fassbinder were ARNAL’s first inspirations, then Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen, and Edgar Poe, among many others.
LM wrote articles, mostly for the black press (Nommo, African Affairs, Ariztos, etc) and worked as a radio programmer for many years (to broadcast reggae, jazz, African music, and panels to discuss primarily issues concerning the black community).
After training as a HIV Prevention Counselor, ARNAL worked primarily within the black community to try and raise awareness and to educate different layers of the population in this domain. Later the education of professionals who deal with HIV patients became a priority on the author’s agenda.
In 2002, LM ARNAL edited “Poets Without Limits” an anthology of black writers from the LA Area. Then after seeing the failure of HIV Programs and the refusal in that circle to hire dedicated people, versus corrupt bureaucrats, ARNAL decided to write a script to fight HIV and change behaviors and which is included in the compilation “Love, Sex and Mathematics.”
The beliefs in honor, courage, justice and generosity are the values that motivate LM ARNAL to continue the struggle for a fairer world. Because humans “are created equals” and should be taught not to let the world corrupt them.
I know that my book, at times, might seem a little harsh. But after so many years of HIV Prevention, during which I saw so many professionals fake it and treat people like dirt, I decided that I would write a book. It was meant to possibly change behaviors and teach people of African descent another way to look at life and their problems, in order to learn how to solve them on their own.
What pained me most was the violence I saw, within couples and within the family, the abusive relationships that prevailed, the abuse of children who then grow up crippled before being given a chance in the world.
I wanted to find out what are the beliefs that make our people caught up in so much self-hatred, the beliefs and choices they make willingly that keep them captive despite money or success.
We always have a choice, and it is time to make the right one, not only for us but also for those around us. For in the end, we are responsible for the fairness or unfairness of others: if we don’t have character, courage, and caring (my 3Cs) who will ever respect us and our children?
For any questions related to the book “Love, Sex, and Mathematics“:
AN EMAIL COPY OF THE BOOK CAN BE PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHOR or…Questions can be forwarded to [email protected]
Hello!! This book has been revised and the new title is Brownstone:Resurrection. It includes several other stories and poetry, in addition to the script Love, Sex and Mathematics.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1517197619/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
Feel free to contact [email protected] for comments or queries. Cheers.
Here are a few more books by this blk writer/painter (review below):
MetrOmpolis: Empire of Greed (Sci-fi story)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1546502696
Broke in L.A. (comedy, politics, love)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1517093171
Third World USA (politics, comedy, poetry, etc)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1497404894
BOOK REVIEW:
“Cosmic telepathy seems at work between native son James Baldwin of
Harlem and native writer LM ARNAL across the fog of the half century.
I can´t help but hearing his echo in ARNAL´s latest work, as this
precocious, peripatetic, child of the flaming 1960s follows in his
footsteps to confront the heart of darkness in the lower depth of
white Europe and America.
With the debut of ´Third World USA´ ARNAL looms as a digital-age
harbinger of the unfolding Obama century on a global scale.
A poet of sustained outrage on myriads of social action fronts who
dares the proposition that the dream of a child of the African
Diaspora is as precious as that of a king, a queen and a president.”
-K. W. Lee, Pulitzer Prize Winner, journalist, and Lecturer at UCLA, USA.
Poets Without Limits, an anthology of poetry edited by LM ARNAL
Paintings:
> http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lm-arnal.html?tab=artwork
> http://www.artmajeur.com/fr/art-gallery/portfolio/lm-arnal
Have a nice weekend!