Julius Thompson's Blog (11)

     In 2018 we are living through rhetoric that is nasty, divisive and results in random acts of violence. In the sixties we faced similar situations with racially charged language and haphazard acts of violence.

            After fifty years we are still battling some of the same negative…

  Julius Thompson will be reading from The Ghost of Atlanta at the Lithonia Book Reading Fund Raiser on Dec. 15, 2018, 3 pm, at the Kuntz Coffee House in Lithonia, Georgia!

     Come and spend a cozy December evening with MAX OPUS ROUND at Kuntz Coffee. Enjoy the sweet aroma of Kuntz rich coffee flavors and the tasty delight of pastries whilst listening to one…

    Please enjoy the first three pages of my novel A Brownstone in Brooklyn:…

    This is a quote from A Brownstone in Brooklyn about how life shifts on a dime:

    "The most special times in a person's life are not meant to last forever. They're like bubbles rising from a plastic ring dipped into a soapy solution. The soap bubbles rise, with the sun flashing…

 Julius Thompson was interviewed recently on "The Doug Dahlgren Show" over the Artist First Network.

    Please click to listen to this in depth interview!…

    A Brownstone in Brooklyn celebrates its 20th year of publication in 2020. Enjoy this website dedicated to this event:…

    The 20th anniversary celebration will culminate in 2020 with events, book signings and speaking engagements in places like Seattle, Washington, Fort Worth, Texas,  Saint Croix,Virgin Islands, Brooklyn, New York, Atlanta, Georgia and many more venues.

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The Lost Wedding Ring: Was it lost or found?

On Saturday, Sept. 1, during the mid-afternoon, a young man came back to the Sanctuary Signing tent at the First Baptist Church.

He was…

          A Blog about life in the Seventies in Philadelphia!

   Today, I want to talk about the sports department of the Philadelphia Bulletin that was unique and told a story about an era in Philly sports that was outstanding and will never be duplicated again. The people, places and events formed a narrative that…

         As an author when your book is in the library and people are checking it out to read, it's a great feeling like in the Free Library of Philadelphia for Philly Style and Philly Profile!

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Why I Write?… A blog by Julius J.E. Thompson.

       Sometimes, I put myself in the psyche of a reader who scrolls over the book list on the Amazon website or stroll down the Barnes & Nobles’ bookstore isle.…