Torn between the greater good of peace, at last, between peoples of differing cultural mores and traditions on the one hand and his selfish concerns about posing as the chained primate in Grigori’s elaborately feigned appearance of insanity as his ticket home, Astronaut Simpson agreed to play Jocko the surly monkey in the upcoming television transmission back to Star City, Russia from the confines of an admittedly long past prime Mir, hoping earnestly that when his time came to return his prehensile tail would fit into his spacesuit.
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Born in Brooklyn, NY, graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, Joseph Baron-Pravda began a career in law in 1971. Recruited at that university's law school for service as a 'kid' lawyer with the Federal Government during Watergate, where he immediately 'Felt' something was amiss. Later as lobbyist and private businessman. He has been a prolific writer in all genres, with an emphasis on short works, including microfiction/flash fiction as well as full length and One Act Plays. A 10 page excerpt from his play 'Patsy', involving a fated 'reunion' of JFK Jr. & the oldest daughter of Lee and Marina Oswald, won him a highly competitive place at the Kennedy Center last summer, with subsequent lifetime privileges at the annual Intensives featuring such literati as Marsha Norman, Steven Dietz, Lee Blessing, et. Al.
A cancer survivor, now fully recovered and active as a 'try'-athlete, he writes full time, having been published in ebook and other electronic media, as well as print; his diversity writing is featured exclusively by the Office of Diversity Initiatives, Office of the President, University of Central Florida website; he now resides in New York and Florida.
You can find out more about J.B. Pravda at http://www.angrysponge.com/.
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