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Pardon this shameless self-promotion — I am my own publicity department . . .

The literary critic Mark Sanders of Emory University  had this to say about my novel, Signifying Nothing:

“[Signifying Nothing] simply nailed black middle-class America of the late ’70s. I knew that family; I went to that same church, heard the same sermons, heard the same old ladies gossiping in the same way. [The novel takes] us through the life of this family in a way that is poignant, insightful and caring. And . . . outright hilarious at times.”

 An interview I gave about the book can be found at:

 http://www.ljndawson.com/authorweb/qa-with-cliff-thompson-author-of-signifying-nothing

And I wrote a guest-post for the blog ringShout.com that tells the story of the book’s publication — a tale of either perseverance or plain old hardheadedness:

 http://ringshout.blogspot.com/2009/05/guest-essay-clifford-thompson-on.html

 And here is . . .
READERS’ PRAISE for Signifying Nothing, available on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Signifying-Nothing-Clifford-Thompson/dp/1440132690/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240178362&sr=8-3

“I just finished reading Signifying Nothing and I think it is quite an achievement. . . . The characters feel real, the family seems very distinctive but also somehow like other families, and the situation is engrossing — I really had to keep reading to find out what happened to everyone.”

“Cliff: I read your new book and loved it. I am going to buy several more copies to give as gifts. I care so much for all the members of the family in the book, and I laughed and cried as they struggled . . .”

“I just finished reading your amazing novel — i was so moved by the whole family dynamic, sibling to sibling and parents to kids and husband to wife — you wrote such a beautiful book cliff - congratulations.”

“I wanted to tell you that I finished Signifying Nothing, which moved me to tears at times, and am very impressed.”

“I finished reading Signifying Nothing. It is such a wonderful, lyrical book. . . . Truly, every one of the members of the Hobbs family came alive for me as if they were friends of mine.”

“Cliff, I just finished your novel and I liked it VERY much. You made me care deeply about every member of that family, and the last section, where you jump forward twenty years to see what has happened to them, feels just right. Congratulations on a wonderful achievement!!”

Tune in next week, when we will return to our regularly scheduled film/book/jazz/art commentary . . .