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Lora-Ellen McKinney

Lora-Ellen McKinney is an award-winning author whose best-known works detail African American faith and practice and Baptist tenets.

Lora-Ellen is a multi-platform storyteller.

Whether reciting poetry at virtual slams, crafting and performing original songs and plays, offering spiritual reflections like those shared here, dancing or telling stories from her remarkable life, her stories bring light and life to unexpected corners of our shared human experience.

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Every Life Deserves a Great Love

I am just beginning to read Patti Smith's Just Kids, the romantic, lyrical story of her great romance and creative connection with Robert Mapplethorpe in the days before either became famous.

WritingsLora-Ellen McKinneyJuly 11, 2011Patty Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, West Village, life, love, psychology Comment

Acting Your Way Into Self-Awareness

I learned something important about myself and the self in an acting class today that was a bit unexpected. The teacher, Shanga Parker was explaining something that, on its face, is self-explanatory.

WritingsLora-Ellen McKinneyOctober 25, 2010Lora-Ellen McKinney, No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Shanga Parker, acting, actor, aging, audience, class, communicate, feeling, lessons, life, perfection, practice, script, stageComment

Lora-Ellen is a multi-platform storyteller.

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