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Nelson George

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Nelson George

Nelson George is a writer, filmmaker, and cultural critic who's been working professionally more than twenty-five years. He is the author of eight works of nonfiction, most recently Post-Soul Nation, five novels including the national bestseller One Woman Short, and several screenplays. George lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Excerpt 1 from One Woman Short
Aug 31, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The Accidental Hunter
Aug 30, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Night Work
Aug 30, 2012
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Chapter 1 from The Accidental Hunter
Mar 09, 2009
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Chapter 2 from One Woman Short
Mar 09, 2009
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Chapter 5 from Show and Tell
Mar 09, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Night Work
Mar 09, 2009
The Accidental Hunter will be released on February 02, 2005 in
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The Accidental Hunter is now available in
Feb 02, 2005
One Woman Short will be released on June 08, 2000 in
Jun 08, 2000
One Woman Short is now available in
Jun 08, 2000

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Commentary: Student recalls how she found the courage to be herself
San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Oakland high school students head out of the classroom to solve neighborhood problems
San Francisco Chronicle, June 4, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Is the rebirth of a great American school system happening in San Francisco?
San Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
A love supreme in San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Building a more resilient economy with Bay Bucks
San Francisco Chronicle, May 16, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Bay Area Beats: DJ Atish on the art of mixing
San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Chew On This: Listen to Episode 4 “Home Improvement”
San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Audiograph’s Sound of the Week: Pacific Pinball Museum
San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Oakland restaurateur looks back on recession
San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: London: The Modern Babylon
San Antonio Current, June 5, 2013
...Other Ball), the documentary culminates last summer as London prepares to welcome the world to the 2012 Olympics. Nelson George’s All Hail the Beat (a three-minute short about the the Roland TR-808 drum machine) precedes the film, screened in...
Julien Temple's Documentary LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON Now in Theaters
Broadway World, June 5, 2013
...threading past and present voices with film archives and popular music across the century. Every screening begins with Nelson George's 3-minute short film ALL HAIL THE BEAT GE FOCUS FORWARD and is followed by a pre-taped Q&A with Julien Temple From...
Oakland high school students head out of the classroom to solve neighborhood problems
San Francisco Chronicle, June 4, 2013
...Party of Egypt (1) National Lodge Motel (1) National Park Service (1) Navy (1) Negro (1) Neill (1) Nelson George (1) New Orleans (3) New People Cinema (1) New York (19) New York City (5) New York Post (1) New York...
Hot Tuna with Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen at the State Theatre
Examiner.com, June 3, 2013
...record company owner, bandleader, and touring musician, he has collaborated with hundreds of artists, including Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, B.B. King, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra,...
Fact checkers at the Village Voice once kept ‘The Joys of Yiddish’ on their desks. Now, with the Voice a shell of its former self, J. Hoberman recalls its Jewish past.
Forward, May 31, 2013
...number of African-American writers and editors. These included Hilton Als, Carol Cooper, Stanley Crouch, Gary Dauphin, Thulani Davis, Nelson George, James Hannaham, Lisa Jones, Lisa Kennedy, Greg Tate, Colson Whitehead, Joe Wood and Ta-Nehisi Coates —...