https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg en-us 2018-06-06 14:12:22 UTC 2023-02-12 23:37:58 UTC hello@padlet.com cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/265895067 Concussion is based on a true story going over the life of  Bennet Omalu. He is a Pathologist at a coroner's office in Pittsburgh working under Dr. Cyril Wecht.]]> 2018-06-06 14:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/265895067 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266605269 The story is mainly set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. And in the novel, it starts off describing Omalu's early life in Nigeria and how he made it to America.]]> 2018-06-11 13:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266605269 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266609630 2018-06-11 13:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266609630 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266609853 2018-06-11 13:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266609853 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266610332 The story is about a Nigerian Doctor, Bennet Omalu, who moved to america and discovered that football players were actually going insane and dying from having too many concussions which causes an issue within the brain where the brain makes itself go crazy but when doctors looked at it, it was in perfect condition. After his discovery he struggles his way to the ears of the NFL to make them listen to what he's saying. And they don't want to hear it.

]]> 2018-06-11 13:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/266610332 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267288155 2018-06-14 23:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267288155 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267288956 2018-06-14 23:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267288956 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267289017 The author of my novel is Jeanne Marie Laskas. She’s an author who has currently published 7 books, including the one I’m currently reading, which is Concussion. And after she published Concussion, there was a movie made based on the novel, starring Will Smith. She is a fairly famous author who also appears in many magazines, some of these being: Most of her journalism being in GQ, she has a weekly column in The Washington Post, and she was formerly an editor at Esquire. She has been writing for magazines for about 20 years, with her work appearing in many different magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, and many others. In her time as a writer, she has won over a dozen Gold Quill awards for Excellence in Journalism. She is now a Director of The Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh where she teaches creative writing.

]]> 2018-06-14 23:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267289017 cunningtonj https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267803390 2018-06-19 14:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cunningtonj/bxo8uwda0hrg/wish/267803390