Third World USA

Third World USA is the twilight journey of a young man that reminds us that misery is not always a foreign plague, but exists just behind our backyard.Brownstone takes the reader into the life of a wannabe who questions his life, after having lived it without a second thought. It also places love at the centre of healing human suffering.Love, Sex and Mathematics, is a romantic comedy that portrays immigrants in Western society. It is also an ode to women’s sexuality and an attempt to describe why relationships fail.Lastly, a few Un-Kind Poems, celebrating love, sorrow, and freedom.

LM ARNAL studied philosophy and literature, before undertaking a career in disease prevention. An interest for journalism and photography was also embraced simultaneously, and was developed mostly in the black press - Nommo, Ariztos, African Affairs, Africulture. LM also worked as a radio DJ, (1991-1998: WKCR, KCSB), mostly to familiarize auditors with African music which at the time was not widespread, Reggae artists, and issues in the black community. LM ARNAL is the editor of Poets Without Limits (2002), an anthology of black poetry which was meant to be a collectible item. (The 1000 copies were sold out in 6 months, and it is now out of print.)