About this user
Eric Priestley, BA in Psychology in 1972 California State University Los Angeles
Honorary Masters USC in 1987 Watts Writer's Workshop Professional Writing Mailing Address: POB 86-1602, Los Angeles CA 90086-1602;
Ph. (323) 428-9355; E-mail: ejptheonly@Yahoo.com
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Positions held as a college Instructor:
2000--20008 CSULA--Early Entrance Program--Writing Consultant & taught Study Hall to gifted students; 1999--2000 Tutored Math, Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Calculus & English Grammar, Biology and Physics to Grades 10-11 King-Drew Magnate High school
1999--2000 CSUN--PAS Dept. - Freshman Composition (English One)
1998--UCLA - Extension "Story, the Short Story, Novel & the Screenplay"
1997--Antioch University English Dept. "Art of the Novel"
1996--Antioch University English Dept. "Short Fiction"
1993--UCSD, English Dept. "Narrative in Comparative Literature & the Novel"
1985-87--CSUN, Pan African Studies Dept. "Beginning Grammar, Intermediary English & Freshman Composition & did Statistics/ graphs report for State Chancellor's Office for CSUN to establish efficacy of the Writing program on campus.
PROFESSIONAL WRITING EMPLOYMENT & Newspaper & Book Publications
1965-Present--Charter Member of Budd Schulberg's Watts Writer's Workshop
RAW DOG, novel-- 1985 Holloway House & @Amazon dot Com dot Rare Books
1994-2005--Writer's Guild of America Member
Amazing Grace, story of Neville Brothers, optioned by Oliver Stone 1994
Monster, for Propaganda Films, Steve Golan, Executive Producer
Colors United, for Nickelodeon Productions, Michael Goldberg Director
1992/94--Cultural Affairs Department/Lannon Foundation Fellow:
Arts Recovery Project Fellow
Screenplays: Video: wrote & Directed Two Poets
BEYOND BAROQUE, MAGAZINE--Story: "Nature of The Scar"
CITY BEAT Los Angeles Free Press
August 16, 2006 Issue--Letters to Editor sec. Story: "Law and Disorder""
LA WEEKLY
May 6-12, 2004 Issue-- Story: "Along the Watts Tower"
January 19-22, 2004 Issue-- Story: "Incident at Charcoal Alley"
December 2003 Issue-- Story: "The Ice Storm"
October 10-16, 2003 Issue-- Story: "Ten Cents A Life"
Marquette University Museum of Art (2003)-- Essay: "The Spirit of Art" for the Art Exhibition Catalogue: Watts (1965-2002) Art And Social Change
In The Eagle's Beak (1998)-- Ardora Publishing Company, Madrid Spain, with Introduction by Mireia Sentis
Abracadabra-1994-- Heat Press, Edited by Cris Peditto
Gypsy poems 2000-- Inevitable Press, Edited by Pat Cohee
2001--Historical Investigator for Community Redevelopment Agency, Bill Price, Director Watts/Crenshaw Branches (323) 249-1945
HONORS:
2003-------- National Black Arts Festival: featured with Carl Hancock Rux & Jayne Cortez in "Poetic Opera"-- a tribute to W.E.B. De Bois
2003-------- Marquette University Museum of Art: featured artist in Exhibition: Watts: Art & Social Change (1965-2002) Published essay: "The Spirit of Art"
2003-------- Watts Towers Art Center Laureate in
Writers & Jazz Mentorship Program
2000-------- Saint Mark's Church & Tribes, NY, N.Y. (2000)
1996-------- Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Academy, NY (1996)
1994-------- CSUN Paul Robeson/Zora Neale Hurston for Art (1994)
1987--------USC Master of Professional Writing Program (1987)
1981-------- Ray Bradbury Literary Award (1981)
1980-------- Academy of American Poets--Henry Coulette Award (1980)
WORK HISTORY
1975-77-------- Queen's Medical Center Hospital--Psychiatric Unit, worked as Psychiatric Attendant.
1981-82--------Los Angeles County Flood Control District, London Yard, Irwindale
Special Building skills: building area lay out, reads Blueprints, carpentry: framing, roofing, bricklayer, DBA in Foundation concrete work 1985-2004, Tile setter 1985-2004, asphalt, concrete, operate:
Pneumatic drills: Buster & Jack-hammer, cutting torch, circular saw, concrete saw, Reciprocating-saw, Jig-saw, Trimmers, Chain-saw
1982-83--------Los Angeles County Probation Department, as Group Supervisor II
ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION:
C.O.R.O. ---Graduate 2001
Ancient Free and Accepted Mason 1996--present
LANGUAGES--French (Fluency: written and spoken), Spanish (adequate)
Computer Literate: Mac OS & IBM PC
1972------California State University Los Angeles: BA in Psychology
1975-77------ University of Chaminade in Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu: Pre-Medical Training
1970---------- International Study Forum Certificate, University of Legon-Accra, Ghana West Africa under auspices of Department of Pan African Studies CSULA
Country
United States
Occupation
Writer, Mason, Builder, World Traveler
Companies
WGA , BEA:Black Employee's Association
