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Dear Hopeless Love

Antoine Maurice Kidd is an African American author and United States Soldier specializing in poetry and novel writing. He was born on August 3, 1991, in Mobile, Alabama. Antoine has always been a creative thinker since his early adolescent years. As early as he can remember, he would author short stories in class after finishing his work for the day. He was a proud member of his high school drama club and balanced his time writing with playing football and baseball. After years of being in a rap group in high school, Antoine decided to join the United States Army. He has spent 12 years serving his country on active duty and has traveled to many places performing various missions, all while still maintaining his passion for writing. Some of Antoine’s poems directly reflect his emotions at the time, and some are fictional. He has written his first novel, which is currently unreleased, and he is also the author of two published books of poems, “A Walk Through Life” and “A Promising New Look”. He has also written unreleased short films. Soon, Antoine plans to publish his first novel and start directing his first short film.