Just forgot to mention my name is Orville Douglas for those of you that may be looking up my book here is all the correct info.

YOU DON'T KNOW ME SYNOPSIS:

MY BOOK "YOU DON'T KNOW ME" BASICALLY DEALS WITH MY EXPERIENCES AS A YOUNG BLACK GAY MEN. IT ALSO EXPLORES THROUGH POETRY MY EXPERIENCES AS A MALE HUSTLER, SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPE, DEPRESSION SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, DRUG ABUSE, FAMILY DISCORD AND DEPRESSION. I AM SO HAPPY MY BOOK IS PUBLISHED BECAUSE NOW FINALLY I BELIEVE THAT YOUNG BLACK GAY MEN WE FINALLY HAVE MORE OF A VOICE TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR OWN EXPERIENCES.


AUTHOR: ORVILLE DOUGLAS

BOOK: YOU DON'T KNOW ME

PUBLISHER: TSAR PUBLICATIONS

Published: MAY 2005

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM. BARNESANDNOBLE.COM. INDIGO.CA, POWELL'S BOOKSTORE.COM. ALSO THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN AMERICA AT THE GIOVANNI'S ROOM BOOKSTORE, AND THE VARIOUS LAMBDA RISING GAY BOOKSTORES IN AMERICA. ALSO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MY BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.CO.UK website.

Well, my first book "You Don't Know Me" was published in May 2005 by TSAR Publications in Toronto. It is a collection of poetry written in the confessional style and tone. My poetry book deals with my brutal and honest experiences as a male hustler, drug abuse, suicide attempts,
depression, family discord. Not all of the poems are autobiographical but all of the poems I believe do reflect in some way how I do see and view the world as a whole. Its a nice feeling to finally be published since I am 28 years old. A lot has happened in the last couple of years. I finally graduated York University with a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in History in June 2004. I finally got my first book published, and yet I am still not satisfied. The reason being that "poetry" isn't considered as big a book genre as fiction or non fiction. Also, poetry is considered to be less of a seller than those other genres. However, I am really proud that I finally got my first book published this year I do indeed feel like a writer. My work for those that have read my stuff has been published for the past four years in various publications such as Toronto Star, Now Magazine, Xtra Magazine, Young People's Press and Excalibur newspaper. I have also been published in several African American Magazines such as the now defunct Honey Magazine, Venus Magazine, and Arise Magazine. I managed to get a short fiction story titled "gried" published in the Rhapsody Review, and I got a story published by Youthoutlook.org in San Francisco. So all in all I do feel good about what I have accomplished but I know I can do a lot more. My next goal is to get my memoir published or to get a work of fiction published. For those of you that are checking out my page. CHECK OUT MY BOOK!!!! My book "You Don't Know Me" published by TSAR Publications is available on amazon.com. barnesandnoble.com, indigo.ca, overstock.com, and powell's bookstore.