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As guest speaker in creative writing classrooms and through membership in the Maryland Writers' Association, Al Karasa strives
to promote not only writing, but the reading of books in general, to help prevent it becoming a dying art.
His short stories have appeared regularly in national magazines and he was Feature Editor at 'Miata Magazine', America's
foremost marque club publication. His essays have been published in 'Wargamer's Digest', 'Sailing', 'Chesapeake Bay Magazine'
and 'The Courier', where he is a regular contributor.
Exponent of many talents, skier and sometime river rat, Al Karasa holds 15 engineering patents, secured during his tenure
in that field, and now pursues an interest in maritime history, motor sports, and the heraldic arts through their origins
in the medieval history of Europe.
He writes extensively in these subjects with an eye to authenticity derived from personal
participation. He takes this view from Denis Jenkinson, a British journalist who never wrote about anything he hadn't experienced
first hand. Jenks devoted much time to the study of his craft. Authority was the hallmark of his work - a lasting example
to those who would walk a like path.
A longtime sailor, in vessels ranging from small sailboats to ocean going merchant
ships, Karasa spent many years at sea. His travels have taken him to Europe, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, New Zealand, the
West Indies and the Arctic.
An avid scholar of high performance driving skills, life-long sports car enthusiast and
racer, Al Karasa also participates in race driving education and coaching. Among many others, he owned and raced a TR-3, a
Spitfire, and an AC Bristol--the car from which the original Shelby Cobra was developed. He remains an active participant
in and follower of motorsports in the US and abroad.
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| The author in his first car |
See author's listing
in the
"creative brilliance
community on the web"
at this link:
CreativeBrilliance.com
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| Presentation and book signing on board the USS Constellation |
Author Appearances,
Presentations, and
Book Signings
29 Mar 2009....Readings with Lit & Art at Watermark Gallery
...............Baltimore Inner Harbor, 2 pm
20 Dec 2008....Reading & book signing with MD Writers' Ass'n ...............Ukazoo Books, Towson, 3 pm
15 Nov 2008....Readings with MD Writers' Ass'n Constellation Books
...............Reisterstown, 3
pm
28 Jan 2008....Readings with MD Writers' Ass'n
...............Ukazoo Books, Towson, 7 pm
30 Sept 2007....Baltimore Book Festival
...............Book signing with MD Writers' Ass'n,
...............Mt.Vernon Place, Baltimore, 1 to 5 pm
23 Jun 2007....Island View Waterfront Cafe
...............Book signing among artists, poets, sculptors and wine
tasting.
...............1 to 5 PM. East Baltimore. Call 410-687-9799 for directions
08 May 2007....USS Constellation, Inner Harbor 1PM, Baltimore, MD
...............Book signing & "The Happy
Infestation of Sea Terms in Our Language"
Contact the author for more information
(see
below)
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