South St. Louis native writes personal essays
Toriano Porter, the assistant sports editor at The Examiner in Independence, Mo., has written and self-published a book called “The Pride of Park Avenue.”
Apparently this Park Avenue isn’t the ritzy place in New York but the sometimes sketchy fairway that runs east and west in South St. Louis. Porter played football for Eureka High School and Central Missouri State University.
We missed listing Toriano Porter’s signing tonight at 7 p.m. at the Carpenter Branch of the St. Louis Public Library. That branch is at 3309 South Grand.
Here’s the library description of Porter’s book:
Toriano will discuss and sign his book, “The Pride of Park Avenue,” a collection of emotionally charged personal essays about life, loss and pain, and coming-of-age short stories centered on the pursuit of the American dream. The Pride of Park Avenue is Porter’s first published book. He is a former minor league football All-American for the St. Louis Bulldogs.
See Porter’s website about his book, http://prideofparkavenue.blogspot.com/.
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