Donn K HarrisDonn K. Harris has lived an edgy, diverse life, much of which is chronicled in this book of essays he refers to as "EQ." A school drop-out who later became a nationally recognized leader of schools for gifted, creative public school students, a stree kid who chaired and sat on the California Arts Council from 2014-2021, a pacifist who served with distinction in the U.S. Air Force, a public figure who went off to the wilderness in this latest phase of his life, in "EQ" Harris gives us glimpses of his diverse experiences -- but what the book really gives us is a unique and eloquent view of many of the phenomena of the millennial era: public education; creativity; hypocrisy; The 7 Deadly Sins, then and now; Big Data; the rejection of outliers ...... in 375 pages in an 8.5 x 11 format, Harris gives us a big book of big ideas for a ravaged time that requires this level of boldness and audacity.Professionally, Harris had a diverse career in arts education and non-profit administration in Northern California. He served the San Francisco public schools as the Director of Creativity (2016-2019) and as Principal of the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (2001-2008), bracketed around nearly a decade as the CEO and Artistic Director of Gov. Jerry Brown's Oakland School for the Arts. From his perch on three acres in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, Harris currently serves on the Nevada County Arts Council, the SF African-American Shakespeare Company's Board of Directors, and is the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Sierra foothills social justice non-profit, Color Me Human. He is the father of two daughters, both arts schools graduates, a Creative Writer and a Taiko Drummer. Harris served in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Traffic Defense Specialist from 1976-1980, and was proud to have been the State Arts Council Chair when the Veterans in the Arts program was introduced in 2015. Read More Read Less