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At The Nexus of Lenny Bruce and John Wesley

Mugshot taken of Lenny Bruce, taken following ...

Mugshot taken of Lenny Bruce, taken following his arrest. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Any preacher who owns more than two suits is a huckster.”  – Lenny Bruce

Statue of John Wesley outside Wesley Church in...

Statue of John Wesley outside Wesley Church in Melbourne, Australia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“[When I die] if I leave behind me ten pounds … you and all mankind [may] bear witness against me, that I have lived and died a thief and a robber.”  – John Wesley

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About Christopher Cocca

Christopher Cocca is a Pennsylvania-based writer and community organizer. His fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in Brevity, elimae, Pindeldyboz, Geez Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Generate, and elsewhere. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing (fiction) from The New School in 2011. He helps lead the Air Quality Partnership of Lehigh Valley - Berks and is the Associate for Urban Mission at FPC Allentown. Opinions expressed on-line are solely his. Quotation does not equal endorsement, except for when it does.

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