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| The story of job loss and rebuilding...at middle age |
A Book for Our Times: Anchor
Stevens' award-winning story about the experience of falling unexpectedly into poverty at mid-life and what his character,
Jimbo, does about it. Winner of the 2009 book-length annual Eaton Literary award. Check out this review at Vogel's Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review, June 2012.
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| What does he do when the bottom falls out? |
Born: New York City
Early years: Lived in Astoria, then northern
New Jersey.
Education: Attended distinguished art and design school, received
BFA
Professional career: Began as a young art director, currently own small media
strategy, marketing and design communications firm. Busy freelancing and consulting, about to start-up some new on-line enterprises.
Avocations: Animals, photography, painting, travel
About "Pipedream: Life at Middle Age:" This story is fiction
grounded in personal experience. It chronicles a year in the life of Jimbo, beginning when he loses his 4th job in less than
a decade, just as the economic bubble is about to pop. The story documents his fall from the middle class and what he discovers
in the experience of impoverishment as it slowly, then quickly, envelops him--
Purchase: You can purchase this publication at Createspace.
It is also available on Amazon.
Contact: eMail Anchor Stevens
Sketches drawn by Anchor Stevens to help get at what has occurred.
These are not included in the publication of this book, but may show up in a subsequent edition.
| Endless job searches on-line. |
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| "Nothing to show for it." |
| Fruitless Phone Interviews |
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| Utter Exhaustion |
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| Jimbo's transplanted tree |
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| Daily walk through woods... |
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| Getting some peace with his 2 dogs |
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Weird Times
Markets are up, savings are down, national
debt is up, deficits are up, unemployment is up, inflation is down, international relations are tense, the value of the dollar
is declining, the value of gold is up, which dots do we connect?
12:21 am est
Monday, September 24, 2012
Better Off?
If you mean, are we glad we did not go off the fiscal cliff 4 years ago, yes. Otherwise,
unemployment is high, food stamps are high, disability is high, no evidence current administration knows how to create any
other kind of job than government, but wait, housing market is flickering!
12:28 pm edt
Friday, June 15, 2012
Midwest Book Review on Pipedream: Life at Middle Age
Check out the review at Midwest Book Review; "Age is unvoidable; it's how we embrace it that matters. "Pipedream:
Life at Middle Age" is a collection of musings on middle age and the challenges of realizing times change and
evolve around you, and how to manage it all as it moves on, understanding the self's role in life and where you're spending
the other half. "Pipedream" is a strong pick for memoir, self-help and essay colections." You may find this
review under Vogel's Bookshelf.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Choosing Our Next Leader
Unemployment still above 8% among workers known to be looking. How many US workers have
given up? How many face age discrimination every day? And what about our Federal debt? What about our spending the total lifetime earnings of our grandchildren?
9:21 pm edt
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Verity of Unemployment Numbers
Who can verify that the official unemployment numbers INCLUDE all those against whom
age discrimination is a daily fact of life-- all those who have given up because they know they will not be hired, because of their age?
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