{"id":8410,"date":"2009-11-30T23:02:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T07:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=8410"},"modified":"2009-11-30T23:02:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T07:02:05","slug":"harper-chats-about-love-and-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2009\/11\/harper-chats-about-love-and-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper Chats About Love And Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>CSI: New York<\/i>&#8216;s <b>Hill Harper<\/b> (Dr Sheldon Hawkes) wrote his third book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2009\/09\/review-the-conversation\/\">The Conversation<\/a>, in order to facilitate communication between men and women so they can create strong, lasting relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more-->The book is geared toward African-American men and women, but Harper said the basic concept is universal. &#8220;Since there&#8217;s a crisis in the African-American community with regard to relationships, I wanted to write the book specifically for that audience,&#8221; the actor explained. He added, &#8220;but 99% of what is said in <i>The Conversation<\/i> is certainly not race specific. So, communication is critical no matter what, no matter who the couples are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nTrying to communicate with a partner can be difficult, Harper admitted, but the process is still important. &#8220;&#8216;Conversation parties&#8217; aren&#8217;t always easy, but, don&#8217;t be discouraged even if it turns into finger pointing, there is still progress because you are attempting to have the conversation,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;It&#8217;s like peeling back the layers of an onion &#8211; with each layer, it may not seem like progress is being made, but it actually is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Part of the whole point of the book is that I am not an expert!&#8221; Harper said. In fact, the actor&#8217;s issues with relationships are what inspired him to write the book in the first place. &#8220;That is part of the journey of <i>The Conversation<\/i>,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people for the book &#8211; it is truly their wisdom imparted in the book, not mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThat wisdom is meant for everyone, Harper added, not just those in a specific age group. &#8220;The book encourages three levels of conversation: 1. Conversation with yourself 2. with your partner\/potential partners 3. with your greater community including family and friends,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Those types of conversations are good for any age group.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSI: New York&#8216;s Hill Harper (Dr Sheldon Hawkes) wrote his third book, The Conversation, in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2908],"tags":[2918,2943],"class_list":["post-8410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csi-ny","tag-harper","tag-the-conversation"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/author\/rachel\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-ny\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI: New York<\/a>","tag_info":"CSI: New York","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8412,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410\/revisions\/8412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}