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The short story that inspired the heart-warming novel Waiting for Regina! A young woman's letter to her intimate friend, Regina reveals a short story of another close companionship. It is a past account of a bright, aspiring student and her brilliant and beautiful teacher. A lovely skinned black youth, Mispha struggles for acceptance in a bias affluent society of the latter 1980's. The brave white teacher, Samantha confronts academic pressure as she strives to advance multicultural studies in a predominantly Caucasian community. They face their limitations and find a compromise in a bonding friendship of sisterhood, sealing it in an association with a handsome professor. Regina, What Is The Color of It reflects the hues, tones, and shades of a Long Island schoolgirl coming of age just in time. Note: This is the letter size edition of the original short story, which has been rewritten as a novel with a different title, Waiting for Regina. The longer version due for release in late 2016, early 2017, or shortly. This smaller edition is presenting in a trio of languages; English, French, and Spanish, separated by chapters. Of any learning these languages, it is an inexpensive, yet sizable educational opportunity to advance towards fluency these well-known tongues of expression.

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Born in the mid-1960's Curtis W. Jackson spent most of his life living on Long Island. He was a home health aide, mortgage inspector before he published his first book in 2014. There were other manual labor jobs over the years. He received his education in the Bay Shore school system. He regularly participates in non-profit educational work. He is the author of The Deserting Caricature Artist, a memoir of his freelancing cartoon career.

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