Who is Jay?
JAY COLES is a young adult and middle grade writer, a composer with ASCAP, and a professional musician residing in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a graduate of Vincennes University and Ball State University and holds degrees in English and Liberal Arts. When he’s not writing diverse books, he’s advocating for them, teaching middle school students, and composing music for various music publishers. Jay’s forthcoming young adult novel TYLER JOHNSON WAS HERE is about a boy whose life is torn apart by police brutality when his twin brother goes missing, inspired by events from the author’s life and the Black Lives Matter movement. You can pre-order Jay's book at Barnes and Noble or at Amazon.
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French teachers help to learn language with music
How to Learn French Through Music? Now that we've proved that you may utilise French music to augment your French language studies, here are some ways to learn French through music. These methods for you have been prepared based on the expertise of a LiveXP teacher French - https://livexp.com/skills/french.Choose tracks that you like. Do you enjoy heartfelt love songs? Do you enjoy rapping along to hip-hop beats? Do you want to dance to some funky music? Choose a type of music that you enjoy and listen to French songs in that genre.
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Jay ColesThere’s a character named Jay in #OnTheComeUp!?! I’m already a stan for this book. Ayyyeeee.
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Jay ColesGreat that you’re finally removing John Schnatter‘s name from the institute, but this message is a HOT mess.
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Jay ColesRIP to the Queen of Soul. What a sad day. Rest easy. #ArethaFranklin
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Jay ColesRT @JasonReynolds83: Also, Trump better not say a thing about her. Don’t send no condolences or none of that. Let this one be. We got it.
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Jay ColesRT @adv_project: “Black people will be free... You got to disturb the peace when you can’t get no peace.” -Aretha Franklin
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Jay ColesRT @TheNovl: VOTE VOTE VOTE! We've got @exrpan, @mrjaycoles, @egoodlett, @kassmorganbooks, @brandycolbert, and @ValEmmich/
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Jay ColesRT @LittleBrownYR: Our Instagram is almost at 10K followers 😱, which calls for a giveaway curated by YOU GUYS! Vote for your top 5 boo…
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Jay ColesICYMI: I have another book coming in early 2020 called UNTIL YOU CAME BACK. It’s really sad but there’s also a lot
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Jay ColesI’ve been off Twitter because I’m busy working on edits for UNTIL YOU CAME BACK. But I logged on tonight and can
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Jay ColesRT @yashar: This is one of my favorite Aretha Franklin stories...two hours before the Grammys telecast in 1998, Luciano Pavarot