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Duke Tate
Duke Tate


Duke Tate was born in 1980 in Jackson, Mississippi to Ken and Charme Tate.

He is married to the lovely Wiphawan Tate and the couple have two sons, Chirayu and Phiraphat, and a daughter named Isabella. The author of 41 books, his father and his memoir was released in 2020 and selected for The London Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year List

With locations spanning the coast of Florida, Thailand, Alabama, Hawaii, Rhode Island, New York and California, Duke is known for his nautical fiction. A seasoned fisherman, he learned the hobby early from his grandpa Wilbur in the country of North Mississippi where the two fished for bream and bass.

His senior year at Kent boarding school, he got deathly ill with Lyme Disease, while clearing trails for his mountain biking team. After a lengthy battle with the illness, he attended The University of Mississippi in 2004. In one way or another, he spent the next ten years traveling, studying and learning the craft of writing.

In his spare time he is passionate about nutrition and CrossFit. He likes to write about magical realism, life, spirituality, the ocean and health. With his amazing wife, Wiphawan Tate, their children and beagle dog Sugar Magnolia, he divides his time between old Florida and Northern Thailand.

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Bugspray

Most people think art from the 1960’s is in the past.

But it is very much alive for one young man in New York City who has found something mysterious in a famous artist’s well-known work.

Something he can’t ignore.

Follow the maze he unravels as he tracks down the art’s origins and the hidden gem they may lead to.

Jericho Walker: Mississippi Lizard Slayer

In Duke Tate’s first-ever short story collection, join Jericho Walker on the adventure of a lifetime hunting green slime in the Mississippi outback or hunker down in a bunker loaded full of books with wordsmith Will Williamson or crisscross the country with a savage Bigfoot.

The choice is yours.

The adventure is not to be missed.

Thrive

Book #4 from the series: My Big Journey

17 years ago, Duke Tate first met Ali Dede, while he was an undergraduate student at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi.

Shortly afterwards, he became a student in his Sufi school, Instituto Alef, in Mexico.

In the Sufi tradition, it is commonplace for the guide or murshid to teach the student how to progress inwardly by prescribing him or her Inner...

Praise

He makes sure they know, though, that they are getting his creations and not necessarily something “authentic.” As Duke Tate writes in Alchemy, “Authenticity can be the kiss of death when trying to achieve a soulful habitat.”

– Nuvo Magazine

The Alchemy of Architecture by father/son duo Ken Tate and Duke Tate (Pearl) is a short quirky book about one American architect's struggle against the prevailing Modernist tide, as he seeks out meaning and "soul" in house design.

– Diana Darke, The London Times Literary Supplement

In Gifts from a Guide, there is an abundance of good advice to absorb. Life-affirming health tips for both body and soul and gathered in a handy book. Perfect as a reference book and equipped with a recommended reading list. After 105 easy-to-read pages in 20 chapters, I finished Gifts from a Guide very eager to try several of them. I warmly recommend this book, as well as the author's Return to Freedom: Breaking the Bonds of Chemical Sensitivities and Lyme Disease.

– Amazon Reader

Blog

MORE DATING ADVICE from MITCH Mitch here. Sit down at my table, pour a

Mitch here. Sit down at my table, pour a glass of bubbly, straighten up your tie and listen while I tell you about the 32 dating rules. These rules have been hidden by wise men and passed around for years. I got them from Charlie Chaplin (but he didn’t follow them). We think Buster Keaton started them, but no one really knows. Who the hell cares any way, that’s not going help you when you’re picking up a woman. Here it goes:

1. Compliment her name. Know about names. I got a book once at the...

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STAY AWAY from MITCH "Cary here. From the way your hair is sticking up in

"Cary here. From the way your hair is sticking up in the air like a wet rooster, I can tell you’ve been talking to Mitch. Not a good idea. Mitch was all Crew Cut until he rode to Hollywood on a boxcar. It was me that taught him about the Quiff at the Pacific Dining Car one night over oysters and scotch. Hell, he thought Vitalis was Cadillac oil. He still throws a Pompadour sometimes like Elvis. See how many dates that gets you. He should toss a Ducktail in there like James Dean, then he’d at...

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STAY AWAY from CARY GRANT "Mitch here. From the way your bangs are lying to

"Mitch here. From the way your bangs are lying to the side like a tar mud pie, I can see you’ve been talking to Cary. Not a good idea. You got a silly Quiff and now you look like a carnival freak show. Stanwyck we’ll never return your calls. You should toss a Pompadour like Elvis, he’s a real hound dog. After I started throwing a Pomp, Marilyn said she’d sing me Happy Birthday. Cary, really? Guy’s batting zero in productive-hair-care. It looks like Al Capone cut his hair with a Tommy Gun....

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