Contributors
Introduction by Felipe Luciano
FELIPE LUCIANO is a two-time award-winning Emmy recipient, former news anchor and radio personality, poet, speaker, and activist. A native New Yorker raised in East Harlem and Brooklyn, he has performed with The Last Poets and is a co-founder of the New York chapter of the Young Lords Organization (re-named the Young Lords Party), where he served as Chairman of the New York group. Following his depar-ture from the Party, he went on to produce and host several radio programs at WRVR, WBLS and WLIIB; served as a news reporter and anchor for WNBC-TV and WCBS-TV; was the host of Good Day New York; and cohosted with Ed Koch the local political affairs show, Street Talk. He worked as the Director of Com-munications for the City of Newark and recently earned a master’s degree from Union Theological Semi-nary. Luciano lecturers at colleges, universities, unions, and community organizations nationwide.
Readers' Reviews
AMAZON
“The Beauty of Being” allows you to travel with Abiodun and experience his relationships with life. Each story provides a different taste and view of his personal interactions. He creatively paints the background and invites you in to connect with his various emotions. His fables are important lessons in living and loving. His wisdom, sense of humor and adventurous spirit comes through in this collection of short stories. You won’t be disappointed. 4peace (8/29/2021)
GOODREADS
This is a great collection of stories of Brother Oyewole’s work with the Last Poets, his travels around the world and memories with the love of his life, interspersed with various fables. Good read! Carla Cherry (9/3/2018)
Here's What People Are Saying
“Abiodun Oyewole is a born storyteller, a real griot. I’ve been waiting for this book for a long time. When you read his stories in THE BEAUTY OF BEING, most of them personal and touching, it’s like you can hear him telling them to you in his warm and melodious voice. This book is not only a historically relevant book, especially when he writes about The Last Poets and Malcolm X, it is also a book full of wisdom.” ~Christine Otten is a Dutch writer, journalist, performer, and the author of The Last Poets (2016)
“THE BEAUTY OF BEING is a spiritual journey. From the jungles of Central America to the jungle of New York City’s Harlem, these tales are of one man’s journey through life, with his beloveds meeting angels and nature on its own terms, plunging back and forth from the abyss to paradise.” ~Baba Donn Babatunde, percussionist of The Last Poets
“As a former member of the Harlem Committee for Self-Defense, we sponsored Malcolm X’s birthday celebration in Mount Morris Park, so we “birthed” the Last Poets and witnessed their growth close up. Founding member Abiodun Oyewole was a natural storyteller, but he was different than the other poets. While all of them gave us enlightenment, his infectious smile and laugh gave us immense JOY in living our blackness. His ENLIGHTENED JOY is truly contagious and fully present in THE BEAUTY OF BEING.” ~Gaye Todd Adegbalola, blues musician
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