In his 40 years of work and travel, Fred Kaplowitz has written notes, sayings, poems and short stories about his experiences and life. From Woodstock to 2017, Stoplights, represents the lifetime thoughts of someone who has struggled with stuttering to become a seminar speaker, a sought-after consultant and a fund-raising advocate for his favorite charity, Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY).
SAY is a national non-profit organization, which through summer camp, speech therapy, and creative expression empowers, educates, and supports young people who stutter and the world that surrounds them. Half of all proceeds of this book will go to SAY.
Whether the story is about Seoul Korea, Montgomery Alabama or NYC, Stoplights will make you feel as if you were peering over Fred's shoulder and experiencing some new feelings for the first time. Or maybe even arousing some feelings you may not have seen for a while.
This just might be the book you can read, in bed, with someone you love, and laugh and cry at the same time.
About the Author: Born at a young age in NYC, Fred Kaplowitz, a child of the 60s has lived in his car, in a Bronx tenement, has had homes in suburbia, lived in a Manhattan penthouse apartment, and many points in between. He has visited every state and four continents; many on multiple occasions and will regale you with his stories about his "traveling man days"... like the ones inside this very book.
Fred has worked as an executive and consultant at Fortune 500 companies as well as non-profit organizations. Before he grew up to these positions he also owned his own blue jean store, "Oldies but Goodies," sold knishes out of a street wagon called "Delicious Knishes," and conducted focus groups for trade associations, transit organizations and sports-affiliated businesses. To pay for his college tuition, he also parked cars, drove cabs and was a waiter in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York, all of which "more than sucked," as Fred would say.
Today, his real passions are first and foremost his family and soon to be four grandchildren, his lifelong friendships with people around the world, his beloved SAABs, the SAY organization and last but not least, his wife of 48 years, Marie, who has said, "Life with Fred has never been boring; sometimes weird, but never boring."
