Historical September–October 2000 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
When he was a year old, William A. Brady became a resident of Skinker DeBaliviere.
His family had bought a home on 61xx Washington and Brady enjoyed growing up there.
He was a 1986 graduate of Soldan High School. Brady learned that he had a gift for writing verse when he started taking classes at Forest Park Community College.
It started as a class assignment and he has been writing poetry ever since. Although he has worked at other trades to support himself—currently the U.S. Post Office—he keeps writing poems.
His mother Ernestine has championed him and broadened his horizons.
A book of his poems, “State of Mind,” was published this summer. Brady had a well-attended book signing at the Legacy bookstore at 6172 Delmar. Brady’s award-winning poem, “Homeless Man,” can be found in the “State of Mind” volume.
This poem received top honors from the National Poets Society, based in Maryland, and the Poetry Guild of New York City.
Another volume of Brady’s poetry will be published in June. Brady’s poetry continues to be available at Legacy Books and is also on the web at poetry.com under his name. Brady reads his poetry at two places in St. Louis.
On Wednesdays at 10:00pm, he does an open mike at Troy on the Park, at Park and Mississippi.
On Friday nights at 9:30pm, he is at Legacy Books. Brady remains in the neighborhood on Washington.
He is part of an everexpanding group of published authors. We’ll be hearing more from him.
Original photograph caption
William A.Brady at book signing. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2000.
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