Kennesaw Taylor has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Informally Educated.
Informally Educated
Summary
1967, eight-year-old Davie's world was turned upside down. Traveling with a madman who was without conscience, Davie was physically and mentally abused at every turn. Using every ounce of courage he could muster, Davie fought day after day just to survive - never knowing which brutal attack would be the last for him and his family. This is a shocking tale of abuse, manipulation, and bravery as told by a survivor. Kennesaw Taylor shares his story with others to let them know that there is hope. Let the cycle of abuse be broken. Traveling the country to promote Informally Educated, Kennesaw has tried to raise awareness about the abuse and domestic violence he endured during his childhood. Trying to save one child or woman from what he went through, trying to help others break the cycle of abuse they are trapped in. Kennesaw is also a humor columnist for several small papers. Follow Kennesaw on kennesawtaylor.com or on facebook.
©2010 Kennesaw Taylor (P)2012 Lemon Press Publishing
PTSD: No Apologies
Summary
PTSD: No Apologies is a powerful anthology of personal stories and poems. Many of the stories were by those whose lives have been affected by PTSD. Collectively, they demonstrate what happens when an individual has been exposed to horrifying situations that stick in the memory...refuse to leave...and are constantly relived, again and again. "The effect on everyday lives for those veterans who have been afflicted by PTSD are devastating, long-lasting, and extremely disabling. Medicine needs to work tirelessly to discover more effective methods that will give caregivers more tools to properly treat this disease so that those who suffer from it will be able to regain their ability to function and move on with their lives." (George F. Woodruff) "I hear gun shots." This is what one veteran shared with me. And wanted me to share with you. Words are powerful things - they can hurt or they can heal. This is a collection of personal stories to help spread awareness. To let everyone know that PTSD is real. And that there is an epidemic being overlooked. Our soldiers deserve better. And we are their voice.
©2015 Lori Lynn Pound (P)2019 Lori Lynn Pound
I Got the South in My Mouth
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I Got the South in My Mouth is a collection of short stories, poems, and articles written by Southern author Kennesaw Taylor. Best-selling author of Informally Educated, Kennesaw is an advocate against child abuse and domestic violence, a position demanded of him by fate, not granted him by education. His humor column is in its third uninterrupted year in the Wilkinson County Post, as well as other Georgia papers, and continues to grow online. I Got the South in My Mouth: And I Can’t Get It Out and its accompanying book of photography, Kennesaw’s Southern Odyssey, are Kennesaw’s sixth and seventh published works. Born in Milledgeville, Kennesaw now lives in Athens, Georgia, and has spent his life traveling to gain the rich background necessary to make him a treasured American writer. Degrees from the school of hard knocks, the school of life, and others hang on Kennesaw’s office walls.
©2011 Kennesaw Taylor (P)2014 Kennesaw Taylor
I've Fallen, and My Name's Not Chuck!
Summary
I've Fallen, and My Name's Not Chuck! Tales & Poems from the South is a collection of short stories from around the south. Kennesaw is a child abuse survivor and uses humor to brighten the world. He is a child abuse spokesperson and is a voice for those who have none.
©2013 Kennesaw Taylor (P)2014 Kennesaw Taylor
I'm Ugly and Broke
Summary
Kennesaw Taylor is a newspaper columnist. This is a collection of his columns and thoughts over the past year. He intersperses humor with his keen insight into daily life. His columns bring back memories of Lewis Grizzard, an Atlanta icon. A note from Kennesaw: I greet everyone I meet with these words. It is a joke to me, but you should see the looks I get from others. The regular people laugh at it, the ones with a little too much starch in their shorts step back and make some idiotic comment about not wanting to be near that much negativity. Get over yourself; life is supposed to be fun. This is a good way to pick who'll be sitting with you at dinner. If you don't get the title you are probably about as much fun at a party as the grim reaper. This book is filled with my columns, the funny and the serious ones. It has a few poems, the funny ones and the Icky sicky ones. It's got some of my stuff that wouldn't get into the papers; yeah I write such stuff too. It's got a few short stories; I tend to be a little dark with those. I guess it's got all the stuff I've written over the last year, both fit and not fit for print. You must remember that everything that comes from the mind of man isn't fit for the newspapers, so here you get a little taste of what won't make it to the newsstand. I hope this doesn't start too much crap, or maybe I hope it does. I am what I am and I write what is given me. I've had a great year, wrote a lot and prepared several books to go to print. I've been traveling all over Georgia speaking and doing book signings. Thanks to all of you that have made this the best year of my life.
©2010 Kennesaw Taylor (P)2013 Kennesaw Taylor