Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story
By Jonathan LaPoma
Genre: Literary Fiction
DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY follows a group of
recent college graduates who struggle with feelings of alienation and their
addictions as they try to survive a year of teaching at two dysfunctional Miami
public schools.
A poetic and insightful coming-of-age novel, DEVELOPING MINDS is centered on 24-year-old Luke Entelechy, an aspiring writer who sees his creative output suffer when he begins teaching at one of Miami's most challenging middle schools. As the year progresses, however, Luke begins to relate to the neglect and abuse his students suffer, and is faced with a haunting decision: continue to let his dark past destroy him, or rise above the struggle to realize his potential as an artist and a real human being.
Equal parts disturbing and humorous, DEVELOPING MINDS offers a brutally honest look at the American public school system and the extreme measures many teachers take to cope with working in it.
A poetic and insightful coming-of-age novel, DEVELOPING MINDS is centered on 24-year-old Luke Entelechy, an aspiring writer who sees his creative output suffer when he begins teaching at one of Miami's most challenging middle schools. As the year progresses, however, Luke begins to relate to the neglect and abuse his students suffer, and is faced with a haunting decision: continue to let his dark past destroy him, or rise above the struggle to realize his potential as an artist and a real human being.
Equal parts disturbing and humorous, DEVELOPING MINDS offers a brutally honest look at the American public school system and the extreme measures many teachers take to cope with working in it.
Author Bio
Jonathan LaPoma is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter,
songwriter, and poet from Buffalo, NY. In 2005, he received a BA in history and
a secondary education credential from the State University of New York at
Geneseo, and he traveled extensively throughout the United States and Mexico
after graduating. These experiences have become the inspiration for much of his
writing, which often explores themes of alienation and misery as human
constructions that can be overcome through self-understanding and the
acceptance of suffering. His five feature-length screenplays have won over 40
awards/honors at various international screenwriting competitions, and his
novel DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY is a finalist in the 2015
Stargazer Literary Prizes for best Visionary and Metaphysical Fiction. He lives
in San Diego and teaches at a public secondary school.
Website:
www.jonlapoma.com
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