My name is AJ Cosmo and I teach imagination and heart to children. My books and illustrations are crafted to educate, solve problems, and entertain in unique and interesting ways.
But don't take my word for it, with over a thousand five star reviews across more than thirty books, there's no doubt that your family will find something to love in the world of A.J. Cosmo.
Whether it's overcoming first day of school jitters, getting past a fear of monsters, or dealing with a bully, these books teach important life lessons in a fun way.
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Show notes
In this Episode I am sharing some of my thoughts about choosing to take a stand for something even if it means that no one will understand or like what you are doing.
I share a couple of personal somewhat embarrasing stories of what its been like to be mostly a passenger in my life and why I think its important for me now to step into the role of the driver.
Brian Bauman is a playwright and founder of Perfect Disgrace Theater, and has been producing experimental queer plays since 2006. Bauman's writing has a cult following and is known as a "playwright's playwright." Suzan-Lori Parks says "Brian Bauman's writing is thrilling, sexy, political and rude. He's making provocative, in-your-face theatre - not for the timid, or, perhaps, just what the timid need." His work has been presented at HERE Arts Center, LaMama Galleria, The Wild Project and Collective Unconscious in NY; The Broad Art Center @ UCLA, Company of Angels Theater, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibtions L.A.C.E., Los Angeles Theater Center, Theatre of NOTE in Los Angeles; CounterPULSE, Poets Theatre Jamboree at California College of Art and the RADAR Reading Series in San Francisco; and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Dairy Art Center in Colorado. He is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a resident of the Radar Lab in Akumal Mexico, and holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.
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