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Dan O’Brien has written over 50 books, including the bestselling Bitten(which was featured on Conversations Book Club’s Top 100 novels of 2012). Before starting Amalgam, he was the senior editor and marketing director for an international magazine. In addition, he has spent over a decade in the publishing industry as a freelance editor. You can learn more about his literary and publishing consulting business by visiting his website at: www.amalgamconsulting.com.
About Dan's Latest Book, Sixth Prime
2.3.5.7.11.13.
A war brews as a galaxy struggles to maintain a peace treaty signed in haste. The Commonwealth boasts sprawling cities built upon slums. The Sovereignty has placed the yoke of industry upon its citizens. Sixteen men and women are connected in a way they cannot yet understand. A murder of a prominent artist begins a chain of events that will ultimately determine the fate of the universe.
Only thirteen will remain.
In the end, there can be only one Prime.
Are you a Prime?
Visit https://authordanobrien.com/ for more information on Dan O' Brien and his books!
Award winning author, ReShonda Tate Bilingsley is the national bestselling author of more than 40 books. She writes both adult and teen fiction, as well as nonfiction. Several of her books have been optioned for movies, including her sophomore novel, Let the Church Say Amen, directed by actress Regina King, and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah. ReShonda made her on-screen movie debut in the film, which aired in August 2015 and was one of BET’s highest rated original programs. Two more of ReShonda’s books will become movies on TV One (The Secret She Kept, which ReShonda also makes an appearance in, airing July 10, 2016) and (The Devil is a Lie, airing Fall of 2016).
A highly sought-after motivational speaker and award-winning poet, ReShonda is the recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature for her book Say Amen, Again and was also nominated for her books Mama’s Boy and The Secret She Kept.
ReShonda, along with National Best Selling author, Victoria Christopher Murray, is the co-founder of Brown Girls Books, a boutique publishing company aimed at producing quality books from fresh voices and fan favorites. The company boasts a roster of more than 40 authors. ReShonda and Victoria are also the founders of WritersPro, which provides digital and live workshops to help new, established and veteran writers take their talents to the next level. Visit http://www.reshondatatebillingsley.com for more information.
Cynda began a professional life of acting and singing after relocating to New York from her native Chicago. Her debut film MO' BETTER BLUES directed by Spike Lee, was a critical and commercial success. Blessed with a role that also required singing, her song HARLEM BLUES went #1 on the R&B charts. That film opened the door to her next performance in Carl Franklin's ONE FALSE MOVE - the true icebreaker for Cynda's career. This break out independent film appeared on many Best Film lists and Cynda was nominated for the coveted Spirit Award.
Cynda has since appeared in numerous films including: Christopher Nolen II’s 72 HOURS, Stewart Wade’s TRU LOVED, John Nolte’s BEAUTIFUL LOSER, and others. Cynd's television roles include: BET's HIDDEN BLESSINGS, LIFETIME'S THE COURAGE TO LOVE, HBO's DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, Oprah Winfrey's ABC miniseries, THE WEDDING and PBS' TALES OF THE CITY.
Cynda also sings and acts on stage. She most recently appeared in THE TALENTED TENTH, LANGSTON IS MY MAN, HOPE RUNS ETERNAL, TWILIGHT IN LOS ANGELES, 1992, MAKE EM’ LAUGH, MAKE EM’ LAUGH A CHRISTMAS CABARET, IMMEDIATE FAMILY, DREAM GIRLS and Mother 4,5 &7.
Cynda sings professionally for film and on the stage. She sings Jazz, Americana and R&B with The WES Group, Micheal Martin Band and The C & Ronnie G’s Band.
Cynda’s career also has taken a turn to creating content - writing screenplays, musicals, and books. She looks forward to bringing her creations to life with the commercial production of these works. Her current project is Pink Pantie Confessions, book, web series, and blog. The book was recently released where all books are sold. Cynda continues to sing, and accept quality roles in film, television and theatre.
Jacob Sylvester is a guitarist, vocalist, writer, and educator who has been sharing his talents in and around the Washington, DC Metropolitan area for many years. He loves and performs a variety of music. He uses a mixture of many different styles in his music (Gospel, Traditional Jazz, and Contemporary Jazz). Always trying to reach intellectually as well as entertain his audiences. Additionally, in 2014 Jacob released his first collection of poetry called: MY WORLD IN VARIABLES.
The collection of poetry provides his views on a variety of topics – race, love, family et. al. The book was published by JAKESONG MANAGEMENT COMPANY which is a company Jacob created to present his various creative and business efforts to the world. Jacob holds a B.A. in English and a M.S. in Management from the University of Maryland University College. He uses his college training in literature to write in many genres including: Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. To Jacob it's all about sharing his passion as a musician, writer, and educator. Visit www.JacobSylvester.com for more information.
Faith Simone is a poet, playwright and novelist. She is also an active blogger, sharing her personal thoughts, book reviews and tips for writers on her website FaithSimone.com. Simone is passionate about using her gift of writing as a tool to help promote humanity, understanding and compassion.
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Patrick Oliver is a program manager and literary consultant dedicated to promoting reading and writing as tools of empowerment. Through a variety of innovative projects Oliver engages children, youth and adults in activities such as writing workshops, author talks, book discussions, professional development sessions and community forums.
Creator, executive producer and host of Literary Nation Talk Radio a live weekly broadcast on KABF FM 88.3 with past guest such as Marian Wright Edelman, Common, Hill Harper, Sonia Sanchez, Susan Taylor and numerous others.
He is publisher and editor of the Essence Magazine best-selling anthology Turn the Page and You Don’t Stop: Sharing Successful Chapters in Our Lives with Youth. Contributing participant Roundtable Discussion “Featuring Leaders of Poetry Organizations for Kids from Around the United States” in the publication Open the Door: How to Excite Young People About Poetry (McSweeney’s April 2013). His forthcoming book Notes from a Literary Activist is scheduled for April 2014.
Mr. Oliver was Director of Sales and Marketing at Third World Press (Chicago, IL); Program Director for the Open Book Program a citywide after-school reading program (Chicago, IL) and spent over 10 years as a material analyst and senior contract administrator in the defense industry (Los Angeles, CA). He has organized and facilitated panels and workshops for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, American Library Association, College Language Association, Ohio State University, Princeton University, Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, Harlem Book Fair and numerous other conferences and events. Visit his website at www.speakloudly.com for more information.
Mack Charles Williams is a writer, musician, and composer who resides in Rahway, N.J.
His film, Rich From Within (an adaptation of his originally-written musical play), premiered at the Action On Film Festival in Long Beach, CA in July, 2007, where it was one of the nominees for Best Screenplay. His second film, Your Roommate, won the Best Feature Film award at the PhilaFilm festival in 2013, the same year that his next film, For Old Times’ Sake, premiered at the inaugural Churches Making Movies film festival in Clark, N.J. He is the creator, screenwriter and composer for a new TV sitcom entitled Higher Ground, as well as screenwriter for several episodes of the web-based sitcom, Thug Kidz, produced and directed by Kenya Cagle & CaglevisionMultimedia Enterprises.
Mack is the editor of his mother's critically acclaimed memoir, "WWII Diary," as well as the author of the forthcoming children's book, "Jackie Robinson and the Negro Leagues." His blogs have been featured on various sites for years (currently The SEVEN at the7blog.wordpress.com), and became the basis of his first two books: "Voices From The Blue States" and "Sportin' Life: Essays On Sport and Life." Additionally, he has combined his varied interests by producing political radio commercials and PSAs for progressive candidates and causes.
Keba Cairo is an extraordinary mom, a generous giver, and a dedicated advocate for safety. She has spent over 10 years working to educate and inform communities across the tri-state area about various safety topics. Keba has practiced her passion for education, community outreach and marketing for some of New York City’s top agencies, including: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
After her son’s negative reaction to seeing news reports of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, Keba saw an education opportunity. Emphasizing the importance of her son’s voice, Keba encouraged him of “speaking out” against things that seemed suspicious or dangerous. Keba didn’t stop by teaching her own kids about safety, she then published a children’s book entitled: Don’t Snooze On Clues! (2014), which encourages ALL children to “speak out.” The book is a fun and easy way for educators and parents alike to start what can be considered a “difficult” conversation on safety.
Keba has shifted her career focus full-time to protecting the welfare of children across the country. She visits schools, camps, libraries, and after-school programs encouraging and teaching children the book’s theme (and New York City’s slogan) “If you see something, say something.”
Keba Cairo lives in the New York City area with her two amazing children and husband. A big part of Keba’s life is her service work, in addition to, regularly devoting her time to various organizations and charities, Keba continues to work diligently to promote violence prevention to children across the country. Visit www.dontsnoozeonclues.com for more information.
Curtis L. Crisler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. He received a BA in English, with a minor in Theatre, from Indiana University Purdue University, and received his MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His books are Pulling Scabs (Willow Books; nominated for a Pushcart), Tough Boy Sonatas (Wordsong) and Dreamist, a YA mixed-genre novel (Aquarius Press). He edited the nonfiction book,Leaving Me Behind: Writing a new me, and his Spill won the 2008 Keyhole Chapbook Award from Keyhole Press. He is an Associate Professor of English at (IPFW), and the recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem, Soul Mountain, guest resident at Hamline University, the recipient of the Sterling Plumpp First Voices Poetry Award, an Indiana Arts Commission Grant, the Eric Hoffer Award, and nominated for the Eliot Rosewater Award.
His forthcoming collection of poetry is "This" Ameri-can-ah (2015, Cherry Castle Publishing).
Mack Charles Williams is a writer, musician, and composer who resides in Rahway, N.J.
His film, Rich From Within (an adaptation of his originally-written musical play), premiered at the Action On Film Festival in Long Beach, CA in July, 2007, where it was one of the nominees for Best Screenplay. His second film, Your Roommate, won the Best Feature Film award at the PhilaFilm festival in 2013, the same year that his next film, For Old Times’ Sake, premiered at the inaugural Churches Making Movies film festival in Clark, N.J. He is the creator, screenwriter and composer for a new TV sitcom entitled Higher Ground, as well as screenwriter for several episodes of the web-based sitcom, Thug Kidz, produced and directed by Kenya Cagle & CaglevisionMultimedia Enterprises.
Mack is the editor of his mother's critically acclaimed memoir, "WWII Diary," as well as the author of the forthcoming children's book, "Jackie Robinson and the Negro Leagues." His blogs have been featured on various sites for years (currently The SEVEN at the7blog.wordpress.com), and became the basis of his first two books: "Voices From The Blue States" and "Sportin' Life: Essays On Sport and Life." Additionally, he has combined his varied interests by producing political radio commercials and PSAs for progressive candidates and causes.
JP Howard aka Juliet P. Howard is the author of SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System, 2015), a Cave Canem graduate fellow and a member of The Hot Poets Collective. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon (WWBPS), a forum for women writers to come together in a positive and supportive space. JP is an alum of the VONA/Voices Writers Workshop, a Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging LGBT Voices Fellow and a 2011 Cave Canem Fellow-in-Residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She was a Lesbian Writers’ Fund (poetry) finalist from Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
Her poetry has been widely published, including in Nepantla: A Journal for Queer Poets of Color, Adrienne A Poetry Journal of Queer Women (Sibling Rivalry Press), The Wide Shore A Journal of Global Women's Poetry, The Best American Poetry Blog, The Mom Egg, African Voices Magazine, Kweli Journal,Talking Writing, Muzzle Magazine, Connotation Press and Cave Canem Anthology XII: Poems 2008-2009. JP holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of NY and a BA from Barnard College. JP was awarded a Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund Grant in 2014. Follow the Salon on Facebook and on Twitter.
Nikki Bailey, M.Div., is a Spiritual Creative coach, trainer, performer and writer. For more than 13 years, Nikki has been helping people leap into a life of spicy spirituality and creativity. As a coach, trainer and speaker in the areas of spirituality, expressive arts, time management and communication, Nikki has developed a spiritual creative process that she shares with clients through one-on-one sessions, workshops, groups, a weekly video blog, writing and speaking engagements. This process provides clients with tools for tackling the Big Questions of Life and inspires them to reconnect to self, community and the god of their understanding. Nikki fosters a safe environment for deep, personal exploration that enriches life both personally and professionally. Her book, Soul Smarts for Day Start: 31 Days of Creative Inspiration and Activities, was published in the Spring of 2014.
Learn more at www.soulnik.com.
Robert Gibbons is a poet living in Brooklyn. He is the author of one collection of poetry published in the winter of 2012 by Three Rooms Press, entitled, Close to the Tree.
E.J. Antonio is the author of two chapbooks, Every Child Knows; Premier Poets Chapbook Series 2007, Solstice, Red Glass Books, 2013. She has received fellowships from in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts; the Hurston/Wright Foundation and the Cave Canem Foundation. Her work has appeared online at www.torchliteraryarts.org, and has been published in various Journals and magazines; including, African Voices Literary Magazine, Terra Incognita, Black Renaissance Noire, Mobius: The Poetry Magazine, The Encyclopedia Project, The Mom Egg, and One Word/Many Voices: A Bi-Lingual Poetry Anthology. She is a founding member of the Jazz & Poetry Choir Collective. Her debut CD, Rituals in the marrow: Recipe for a jam session was released in the fall of 2010. Visit www.ejantoniobluez.net for more information.
Angela Jackson-Brown is a writer and poet who teaches Creative Writing and English at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. She is a graduate of Troy State University, Auburn University and Spalding University. Her work has appeared in literary journals: Pet Milk, Uptown Mosaic Magazine, New Southerner Literary Magazine, The Louisville Review,Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal, Blue Lake Review andothers. Her short story, “Something in the Wash,” was awarded the 2009 fiction prize by New Southerner Literary Magazine and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Fiction. Her debut novel, Drinking from a Bitter Cup, will be published by WiDo Publishing January 7, 2014.
Tallis Piaget is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Black Boogiemen. Sagging has become an epidemic in our communities and it seems as though it is only getting worse. Says Piaget,"These boys need to pull their damn pants up!" Piaget's critically acclaimed novel focuses on cleaning up the streets and getting rid of negative influences by any means necessary. Tallis is tired of young men disrespecting themselves, walking with their pants sagging as though they have no future and no chance at a better life. He wants people to create and be the change that they desire to see. He is the executive editor of the Insight2Incite Magazine, as well as a co-host of the Insight Radio Show. The Black Boogiemen is his first published material, he has been refining his craft for over 20 years.
CJ Johnson is a poet, novelist, and determined screenwriter. Her poetry is always rooted in feminism and social justice. Her stories for film and the page often fall under the paranormal and psychological thriller sub-genres. She currently lives in Tampa, Florida, where she is producing her first short film. Visit about.me/cjjohnsonwrites for more information.
Born in Trinidad and raised in Queens, New York, Cheryl Boyce Taylor is the author of three collections of poetry, Raw Air, Night When Moon Follows, and Convincing the Body. Her poetry can be seen in Diane Samuel's Lines of Sight in a permanent exhibit at Brown University. A graduate of Stonecoast MFA Poetry Program, Cheryl's poetry has been widely published in literary journals such as; Caribbean Erotica, The Well & Often Reader, So Much Things To Say:100 Calabash Poets, The Mom Egg, and Aloud:Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Cheryl is working on a memoir and a new collection of poetry. Cheryl is the host and curator of the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series.
Norma T. Hollis is the author of Ten Steps to Authenticity. "Take Off Your Mask" will be the topic of today's discussion with Ms. Hollis. Norma T. Hollis is America’s Authentic Voice Doctor®. After 30 years of researching authenticity from multiple perspectives, Hollis develops programs and services that help individuals and organizations expand their view of themselves and what is possible. Norma is an entrepreneur who is a pioneer in the professional speaking industry. She has owned a speakers bureau, produced events, mentors speakers and is currently a mentor, speaker, trainer, coach and CEO of a human development organization. Thousands of people have benefited from her perspectives and tools. She is a dynamic speaker with a practical and engaging way of explaining complex topics. Visit www.NormaHollis.com for more information.
After a successful consulting career, Ron has spent the past 10 years building his business RPF GROUP INC, home of the Business Growth Experience, helping entrepreneurs and business owners build their businesses by growing sales, increasing revenues and shorten the sales process. Ron is called “Your Small Business Success Expert” by his clients because of his passion for their success and his knowledge of business. Ron is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives by helping them to achieve their business and personal goals and dreams.
Ron has experience in working with businesses across a wide range of industries and on every aspect of a business, from information technology to marketing, leadership to sales, allowing him to offer practical and proven ideas and strategies to improve any business. Ron knows and understands that all successful people exhibit nine behaviors and he has built products to help implement these behaviors in businesses of all sizes. Because of the depth of breadth of Ron’s experience, he can quickly and decisively see and identify business and personal challenges, identify innovative solutions and create opportunities out of most any problem.
Currently, Ron resides in Akron, Ohio where he is President of RPF GROUP INC. He spends his time consulting, coaching small business owners to greater success, writing and speaking about how to implement success strategies in business.
If you are interested in learning how Ron can help you in your business or to have Ron speak to your business, team, organization, association or group, contact him at (330) 990-0788 or ron@akris.net / www.ronfinklestein.com.
Wally Hauck, PhD has a cure for the “deadly disease” known as the typical performance appraisal. Wally holds a doctorate in organizational leadership from Warren National University, a Master of Business Administration in finance from Iona College, and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Wally is a Certified Speaking Professional or CSP. The Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, established in 1980, is the speaking industry’s international measure of professional platform skill. CSP is conferred throughout the International Federation for Professional Speakers only on those who have earned it by meeting strict criteria. For 18 years his consulting firm, Optimum Leadership, has consulted with dozens of organizations and coached hundreds of individuals in improving leadership skills, employee engagement, and performance. Wally appreciates and embraces Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s Theory of Profound Knowledge to assist leaders to develop remove obstacles in the system that block effective performance. As a professor of Organizational Change and Development at the University of New Haven in Connecticut Wally received the highest ratings of all professors in 2012. Visit www.wallyhauck.com for more information.
Elinor Stutz is the CEO of Smooth Sale, an Inspirational Speaker, Author and Trainer. Elinor 's International Best-Selling book, “Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results”published by Sourcebooks was featured in TIME Magazine, translated into multiple languages and sells worldwide. Years of community service work teaching groups of job seekers how to land the job they desire led Elinor to writing her second book, “HIRED! How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews” . Revealing all she learned through the years and on the stretcher that fateful night, comes her third book, INSPIRED Business ~ A New Vision for Building Business and Communities. The theme of the book is, Believe, Become, Empower. Audiences term Elinor's talks as both inspirational and motivational, and claim through her insights they more readily found success. You may find Elinor teaching webinars for entrepreneurs, training corporate sales teams, teaching students and job seekers how to interview best and earning standing ovations at conventions. Visit www.smoothsale.net for more information.
Danette Vigilante is the author of The Trouble with Half a Moon and Saving Baby Doe. Danette Vigilante grew up in the Red Hook houses in Brooklyn, New York. When she was in the 5 grade, her teacher wrote a five word sentence on the back of her report card which changed her life. That sentence was: Danette needs help with reading. She immediately began visiting her local library where she fell in love with books. Danette went on to write for middle schoolers. Her first novel, The Trouble with Half a Moon published in 2011, was nominated for the 2012-2013 Sunshine State Young Readers Award. Her second novel, Saving Baby Doe, will be out in March 2014. Both books are published by Penguin Young Readers Group. Visit www.danettevigilante.com.
Truth in Reality founder Sil Lai Abrams is a NABJ award-winning New York City based writer, inspirational speaker, and domestic violence awareness activist. Her passionate belief in the transformative power of greater self-awareness and personal accountability is the motivating force behind her work to empower others to create empowered lives, healthier relationships and end violence against women and children.
About Truth in Reality
The mission of Truth in Reality is to change the way women of color and violence are portrayed in the media, especially on reality television. Our goal is to challenge the harmful values these shows promote and change the broadcast standards and practices for the reality television genre through the Responsible Reality TV Movement. Through digital activism, public awareness campaigns and educational programs we aim to change society’s acceptance of violence and ultimately reduce its incidence in the Black community. Visit http://www.truthinreality.org/
Author P. Allen Jones has been a long-time healthcare advocate and blogger for people suffering with sickle cell disease. As a health advocate blogger Jones speaks to millions of people world-wide about issues that affect those who suffer sickle cell disease. Jones’ bookI Only Cry at Nightis the autobiographic detail of the trials associated with living with sickle cell disease. Jones lives and writes in California, is married with two children. Visit www.pallenjones.com .
Tamara J. Madison is an internationally traveled writer, poet, and performer currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been published in various literary journals, magazines and anthologies including Poetry International, Tea Party Magazine, aaduna, and Black Magnolias. She is the author of Collard County, A Collection of Short Stories, and Kentucky Curdled, a poetry and essay collection and poetry audiobook. Her album, Naked Voice, is Grand Prize Winner of the First Literary Recording Contest for Manzanita Quarterly and AUTHENTIC VOICEwork Records and is an Editor’s Pick on CD Baby. She has performed for stage and television as a solo and collaborative artist. She also facilitates creative expressions workshops for youths and adults. Tamara is the publisher and editor of TamTalk!!!, a weekly newsletter of creative inspiration and motivation for fellow artists, writers, and just “plain folk.” To contact her or for more samples of her work, blog, audio and video, visit her home on the web at www.tamarajmadison.com.
Quanie Miller is the author of the novel It Ain't Easy Being Jazzy. Quanie Miller grew up in New Iberia, Louisiana. She fell in love with reading at an early age and spent most of her time at the Iberia Parish Library discovering new authors like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike (she was often found walking back home from the library with a stack of books that went up to her chin). She holds degrees from Louisiana State University and San Jose State University. She has been the recipient of the James Phelan Literary Award, the Louis King Thore Scholarship, the BEA Student Scriptwriting Award, and the Vicki Hudson Emerging Writing Prize. She loves writing humorous stories about strong willed, sassy women who can’t keep themselves out of trouble. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband and is currently, as always, working on another novel. To find out more about Quanie and her works in progress visit quanietalkswriting.com.
Gregory J. Reed, Esq. is the author of Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue with America's Young Leaders (Amber Books), winner of the NAACP Image Award for Best Literary Work - Youth/Teens! Obama Talks Back was compiled and written by Gregory J. Reed, Esq and the Keeper of the Word Foundation. Mr. Reed is the award winning author of sixteen books. He earned a B.S. in Package Engineering from Michigan State University, an M.S. in Packaging Management from Michigan State University, a Law Degree, Juris Doctor, from Wayne State University and a Graduate Law Degree, LL.M, from Wayne State University.
L. Divine is the author of the acclaimed young adult series DRAMA HIGH. Street Soldiers is L. Divine's 15th volume release. In April of 2001, L. Divine began work on her series of books for young adults appropriately titled Drama High. As a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, L. Divine noticed a rapid decline of literacy among youth. Her motivation for writing for teenagers was to create material that would simply inspire them to read for pleasure. Drama High, the premiere African American young adult fiction series, takes the reader on the familiar roller coaster ride that everyone knows and experiences in high school. We follow the main character, Jayd Jackson, through her first-person experiences with friends, boys, enemies, teachers, and family. Although this series focuses on the life of Jayd Jackson, a young black girl from Compton, CA attending a predominantly white high school in the South Bay of Southern California, the premise and issues are universal. L. Divine was raised in Compton, California and has lived all over Los Angeles, as well as in Jamaica, West Indies. She now resides in Atlanta with her young daughter and son. Visit www.dramahigh.com for more information.
Truth Thomas is a singer-songwriter, poet and author of the NAACP Image Award winning book SPEAK WATER (Cherry Castle Publishing). He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, raised in Washington, DC. He studied creative writing at Howard University under Dr. Tony Medina and earned his MFA in Poetry at New England College. His poetry collections include Party of Black (2006), A Day of Presence (2008), Bottle of Life (2010) and Speak Water (2012). He serves on the editorial boards of both the Tidal Basin Review and the Little Patuxent Review and is the founder of Cherry Castle Publishing. Most recently, he guest edited the ground-breaking Little Patuxent ReviewSocial Justice Issue (Winter 2012). He is formerly Writer-in-Residence for the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo), and currently serves on the HoCoPoLitSo board. Thomas’ work has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His poems have appeared in over 70 publications including The 100 Best African American Poems (edited by Nikki Giovanni). Visit http://www.cherrycastlepublishing.com/ http://truththomas.wordpress.com/about/
Antebellum byR. Kayeen Thomas When R. Kayeen Thomas published his first book, LIGHT: Stories of Urban Resurrection, while still a junior in college, award winning author, Kwame Alexander had this to say about the budding literary sensation: “So deft, so cool, so unashamedly writerly, he just may be the most gifted author under twenty-five in America.” His sophomore offering, ANTEBELLUM(July 2012; ISBN: 978-1-59309-425-6-1 $15.00/$17.00 Can.), promises to solidify his place in the literary landscape. In a story reminiscent of the late Octavia Butler’s Kindred, ANTEBELLUM’S fluid language and intriguing story line will challenge reader’s beliefs on what it truly means to be enslaved in the 21st century.R. Kayeen Thomas is one of Washington, D.C’s hottest writers. Having lived in the nation’s capital since the age of 3, he self-published his first book, Light: Stories of Urban Resurrection, during his junior year at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Upon returning home to D.C to market his first work, Thomas sold 1,000 copies of his book in the Washington Metropolitan area before returning back to finish his undergraduate studies. Now, at age 27, he is an author, poet, playwright, hip-hop artist, journalist, and social justice advocate. He resides in Southeast D.C. with his wife and daughter.
Tony Medina, two-time winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, is the author/editor of sixteen books for adults and young readers, the most recent of which are I and I, Bob Marley; My Old Man Was Always on the Lam (2011 Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist); Broke on Ice; An Onion of Wars; and The President Looks Like Me and Other Poems (Just Us Books).
He divides his time between his New York City hometown and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area where he is the first-ever Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University.
Derrick Weston Brown holds an MFA in creative writing, from American University. Derrick is the author of Wisdom Teeth (PM Press/Busboys and Poets). He has studied poetry under Dr. Tony Medina at Howard University and Cornelius Eady at American University. He is a graduate of the Cave Canem Summer workshop for black poets and the VONA summer workshop. His work has appeared in such literary journals as Warpland, Mythium, Ginsoko, DrumVoices, The Columbia Poetry Review, and the online journals Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Howard University’s Amistad, LocusPoint, and MiPOesias. He works as a bookseller and book buyer for a wonderful bookstore which is operated by the nonprofit Teaching for Change, and is located within the restaurant, bar, coffee shop and performance space known as Busboys and Poets.
As the first Poet-In-Residence of Busboys and Poets, he is the founder and curator of The Nine on the Ninth, a five-year-old monthly poetry series, and helps coordinate the poetry programming at the 14th & V street location. He teaches poetry and creative writing to an amazing crew of seventh and eighth graders at Hart Middle school in Southeast Washington, DC, as part of the DC Creative Writing Workshop. He is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and resides in Mount Rainier, Maryland. Visit http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php?story=DerrickWestonBrown for more information.
Tony Medina, two-time winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, is the author/editor of sixteen books for adults and young readers, the most recent of which are I and I, Bob Marley; My Old Man Was Always on the Lam (2011 Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist); Broke on Ice; An Onion of Wars; and The President Looks Like Me and Other Poems. He divides his time between his New York City hometown and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area where he is the first-ever Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University.
Patricia Spears Jones is an award winning poet, professor, and author of Swimming to America (2011) from Red Glass Books; Painkiller (2010) and Femme du Monde (2006) from Tia Chucha Press and The Weather That Kills (1995) Coffee House Press; Swimming to America; Repuestas! and Mythologizing Always, chapbooks. She resides in New York. Visit her website at http://www.patriciaspearsjones.com/
Monica A. Hand is a poet and book artist currently living in Harlem, USA. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Aunt Chloe, Black Renaissance Noire, The Sow’s Ear, Drunken Boat, Beyond the Frontier, African-American Poetry for the 21st Century, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade and elsewhere. She holds a MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation from Drew University, and is a founding member of Poets for Ayiti. Visit http://alicejamesbooks.org/pages/author.php?authorID=131 for more information.
REVIEWS for me and Nina: "Monica A. Hand's me and Nina is a beautiful book by a soul survivor. In these poems she sings deep songs of violated intimacy and the hard work of repair. The poems are unsentimental, blood-red, and positively true, note for note, like the singing of Nina Simone herself. Hand has written a moving, deeply satisfying, and unforgettable book." —Elizabeth Alexander "In me and Nina Monica A. Hand depicts, as Nina Simone did, what it is to be gifted and Black in America. She shifts dynamically through voices and forms homemade, received and re-imagined to conjure the music (and Muses) of art and experience. This is a debut fiercely illuminated by declaration and song." —Terrance Hayes “Monica A. Hand sings us a crushed velvet requiem of Nina Simone. She plumbs Nina’s mysterious bluesline while recounting the scars of her own overcoming. Hand joins the chorus of shouters like Patricia Smith and Wanda Coleman in this searchlight of a book, bearing her voice like a torch for all we’ve gained and lost in the heat of good song.” -Tyehimba Jess
Anjuelle Floyd is the author of "The House" and "The Keeper of Secrets." Anjuelle Floyd is a wife of twenty-eight years, mother of three, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in mother-daughter relations and dream work.
A graduate of Duke University, she received her MA in Counseling Psychology from The California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. She has attended the Dominican Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, California, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington. She has received certificates of participation from The Hurston-Wright Writers’ Week and The Voices of Our Nations Writing Workshops.
A student of Process Painting for the last decade, Anjuelle has participated in The Art of Living Black Exhibitions 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 held at the Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
Anjuelle facilitates writing groups and provides individual consultation of fiction projects. She also gives talks on The Need for Family, the Writing Process as a Path Toward Self-discovery and Healing. http://www.anjuellefloyd.com
KMJ Productions Inc., producers of the mega-hit sketch comedySKITZ & GIGGLEZZ, brings you it’s second production “MONETTE” a one-woman show, written and produced by Kymberle Joseph and directed by Gene Hughes. Kennedy “Monette”, this comedic-drama, is played by Kymbali Craig who embodies the unique personas of eleven characters explored in this astonishing one-woman show. She has the challenging task of depicting eight distinctive men and three vastly different women. Witness this truly gifted entertainer as she transforms herself from Monette’ silk-tongue father to her folklore tale telling Caribbean mother, to her rigidly uptight best friend, to her Puerto-Rican Ruff-Neck ex-lover to a host of other colorful characters who all have a story to tell. SHOWTIMES Thursday May 5th 8pm Friday May 6th 8pm Saturday May 7th & Sunday May 8th, 2011 3pm Matinee for $18 Saturday May 7th 8pm Tickets are $28. For tickets log onto www.smarttix.com use the code:DREAM2 until 4/27 for $3 off or www.kmjproductions.com
Denis Gray is a novelist/playwright living in Woodmere, Long Island with his wife Barbara. Gray began writing as a poet. After completing his first short story, he realized he was a storyteller. Since then, he has written thirty books, three novellas, thirteen plays, and well over sixty short stories. He is a self-published author. His first novel Benny’s Last Blast!! was published in the year 2002. The book Lucky was published in the year 2010. Gray’s first self-produced audio book CD Black Love Notes was released in the year 2009. His writings consist of numerous genres, but jazz and blues stories dominate his work. He’s read his writings before colleges, libraries, and reading venues throughout the tri-state area. Gray’s latest manuscript is Convergence. The manuscript’s completion is scheduled for completion in late spring. Visit www.denisgraybooks.com for more information.
Darryl Alladice is a performance poet/storyteller who grew up in Harlem and Brooklyn, New York. His work has been produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Schomburg Center, Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, City College of New York, and various venues around the city. Currently he is the artistic director of the 1st Tuesday Series at Zora's Art Space in Brooklyn, New York. His collection of poems, Jaundice, which is available through him, focuses on his growing up as well as learning to live with Sickle Cell Anemia.
Kyra E. Hicks was mesmerized after seeing Eva Ungar Grudin’s 1990 traveling exhibition, “Stitching Memories: African-American Story Quilts,” that she began to learn their stories—and to teach herself to create her own quilts. “I found my voice that afternoon in the museum,” she remembers.
This was the beginning of a journey that led Kyra not only to learn quilting, but also to write her books, 1.6 Million African American Quilters: Survey, Sites, and a Half-Dozen Art Quilt Blocks (Black Threads Press, 2010), This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilt and Other Pieces (Black Threads Press, 2009), Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria (Brown Books Publishing, 2007, based on a true story) and Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook (McFarland & Co., 2003). She co-wrote Liberia: A Visit Through Books with Izetta Roberts Cooper (2008).
Sue Ingebretson has been studying health issues, and fibromyalgia in particular, for fourteen years. Committed to helping others afflicted with chronic illness, she serves as the director of program development for the Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center at California State University, Fullerton. She has collaborated in an assortment of community education projects with local support groups and the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) to promote education and understanding of chronic illness.
She has written articles for the NFA's online and print magazine, Fibromyalgia AWARE, which offers advice, research news, treatment options, and lifestyle tips for fibromyalgia patients. She lives in Anaheim, California, with her husband and her 9 ½ pound Sheltie, Foxy. Sue is available for speaking engagements.
Truth Thomas is a singer and poet, born in Knoxville, TN, and raised in Washington, DC. He is the author of three collections of poetry: Bottle of Life (Flipped Eye, 2010), A Day of Presence (Flipped Eye, 2008), and Party of Black (Flipped Eye/Mouthmark, 2006). He serves on the editorial board of Little Patuxent Review and the Tidal Basin Review. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Publications include African Voices, The Houston Literary Review, Mosaic Magazine, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, and The 100 Best African American Poems.
April Walker is an author, innovator, educator, counselor, advocate, mother and native of the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. As a behavior specialist, her mission in life is to address women's issues by traveling the world and speaking to women of all ages about safe guarding one of their most precious commodities, the heart.
MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A DOG was an idea birthed a few years ago as a book concept that quickly grew into a powerful movement that would educate, inform, and be a central reference system for women – Skinadog.com.
Signified by the Skin a Dog logo, the book and the website addresses the need for women to protect heart; to hold on to their values and raise the bar in their personal lives; and have privy to all the information necessary to make the right decision in dating and relationships.
Derrick Harriell was born and raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He holds an MFA from Chicago State University and is currently a dissertator in UW-Milwaukee's English Department where he also teaches Creative Writing. A dynamic presenter of his work, Harriell has read across the country, including Chicago State's Gwendolyn Brooks Conference, Atlanta's Black Arts Festival, and Meir Festival Park's Summerfest. He's worked as assistant poetry editor for Third World Press, and is currently Poetry Editor for the Cream City Review. His poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Cream City Review, Reverie, and forthcoming Main Street Rag. Harriell has recently completed his first full length manuscript, Cotton.
Nicole S. Rouse is the author of Someone to Love Me (2009), Happily Ever Now (2009) and the forthcoming book, Be Careful What You Pray For (2010). She is a graduate of Temple University. Rouse developed a passion for writing at a young age. Her debut novel and has ranked consistently on the Top 25 Christian Independent Publishers Best Sellers list, her sophomore novel, Someone to Love Me (Urban Christian) was picked up by the Black Expressions Book Club® before its June 2009 release date. Nicole is a member of the Northern Virginia Writing Project and has been a guest on numerous radio and internet shows.
T.S. Grant is the author of An Autobiography of an Unknown Man, 8th Grade, and in other words. . . The U.S. Constitution for Regular Folks. Grant teaches Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology and Local, State and National Government in Prince George's County, Maryland. He received his Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Johns Hopkins University (2006) and is currently in a Ph.D. program at an honors university, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), advancing himself as an educator.
In his spare time, he keeps busy, writing for the D.C. Examiner.com. He plans on writing more books once he's out of graduate school! Grant is a husband and father, and his family resides in Bowie, Maryland.
Dave & Lillian Brummet are the authors of: Purple Snowflake Marketing - How to Make Your Book Stand Out In A Crowd, Trash Talk - Learn how you can impact the planet and Towards Understanding - a collection of 120 poems on society, the environment & overcoming trauma. The authors are also the hosts of Conscious Discussions Talk Radio Show. Visit their websites at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions , http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsread and http://www.consciousdiscussions.blogspot.com
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, painter, and a photographer. A Cave Canem Fellow, she received the MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her visual and literary work has been widely published including Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, RATTLE, Indiana Review, The New York Times, and others. A recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, she is the author of Turn of Heaven (chapbook; Paris Boulevard Press) and Miracle Arrhythmia(Willow Books). She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
The author of Secret Saturdays, Torrey Maldonado is a teacher and author who was born and raised in the Red Hook projects section of Brooklyn, New York. Overcoming his neighborhood's poverty and violence, he went on to get a BA in Sociology from Vassar College and a Master's Degree in Educational Administration from Baruch College. For nearly ten years, he has taught in the New York City public school system. Before that, he trained teachers and administrators to run conflict resolution programs. Secret Saturdays is inspired by his experiences with youth, city schools, fatherlessness, and poverty. Visit www.torreymaldonado.com
Born in Canada, Zetta Elliott moved to Brooklyn in 1994 to pursue her PhD in American Studies at NYU. Her poetry and essays have been published in several anthologies, and her plays have been staged in New York, Chicago, and Cleveland. Her first picture book, Bird, won the Honor Award in Lee & Low Books’ New Voices Contest; it was named Best of 2008 by Kirkus Reviews, a 2009 ALA Notable Children’s Book, and Bird won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers. Elliott’s first young adult novel, A Wish After Midnight, has been called “gripping,” “vivid, violent and impressive history.” She currently lives in Brooklyn.
Richard Fewell is a novelist, playwright, and educator based in Connecticut. Richard is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Bridgeport (BA & MA) and the winner of many prestigious awards. Richard is the author of or contributor to the following publications: THE BLACK SCHOLAR, THE GREENFIELD REVIEW, OBSIDIAN, OKIKE (Nigeria),CALLALOO, THE FAIRFIELD REVIEW , THE AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW, AFRICAN VOICES (NYC), THE MISSISSIPPI REVIEW, THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW, THE FREELANCE, THE SMALL POND, MWENDO, BEANFEAST, and others.
Poet, Author, and Educator Kwame Alexander discusses his forthcoming Book-in-Day Spring Fundraiser event and Capital Book Fest. Visit the fundraiser event RSVP page at http://bookinaday.eventbrite.com/ Book-in-a-Day (BID) is a non-profit that fosters literacy skills through a groundbreaking writing and publishing workshop, which focuses on student-run publication—in one day. Educators spend hours looking for exciting ways to bring literature to life. The solution is Book-in-a-Day, a new fun-filled, hands-on literacy workshop that teaches students the fundamentals of creative writing, poetry, and book publication. Since 2007, we have created more than 800 student authors in 19 schools across the country.
Tachelle Shamash Wilkes author of inspirational teen novel, Amanda's Ray has been in the entertainment industry for over ten years. She first appeared in Above the Rim with Tupac Shakur as a teenager and was hooked. She then went and pursued a career as a journalist. She has written for the Source, Vibe and One World Magazine and later founded Femmixx.com, the Home Of Female Music Producers, DJs & Emcees, a movement dedicated to empowering women in the music industry. She is a New York City high school teacher who rallies around hip hop and healing infused education. Through Femmixx.com she co-founded one of the first all female turntablist competitions, She’s My Dj and later executive produced and directed the documentary Lady Beat Makers: Vol 1, which won her an Impact of Women in Hip Hop Award from the Hip Hop Culture Center located in Harlem.
Joyce Schwarz is the bestselling author of THE VISION BOARD and a producer, Hollywood and VIP coach and dealmaker. She is also a social entrepreneur and founder of the Center for Successful Recareering. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she lives and works in Marina Del Rey, California.
Schwarz was one of the early women pioneers in multimedia and new media and has successfully launched more than 75 venture-funded start-up companies. She is an internationally recognized speaker, corporate advisor, and futurist. She combines more than 20 years in advertising for major agencies such as Foote Cone & Belding with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University and a master's degree in film from USC. She did MBA studies at the University of San Francisco.
Kerika Fields is the author of He's Gone...You're Back! a non-fiction book written to help women holistically navigate the dark, scary post-relationship abyss, and come out on the other side ready to laugh and love again.
Because breaking up is always hard to do, He's Gone...You're Back! will support, guide and reassure you through the worst days, and help prepare you for the future by nurturing body, mind, and spirit.
The book helps women to discover how to commit to their recovery like they were committed to their relationship; to avoid becoming another angry, bitter woman (there are enough of those!); to discover how to keep showing up to their lives no matter how disillusioned or depressed they are; and to fight and win the toughest battle between themselves and their demons.
The book contains a daily self-love checklist, affirmations, recommended reading, an uplifting “You’re Back” playlist to get you dancing through your tears, and much more. Whether you’re stuck in the limbo of a painful relationship or struggling in solitude, this invaluable book will see you through from the darkness into the light.
Actress, writer, producer, director, dancer, singer T'KEYAH CRYSTAL KEYMÁH, (pronounced Ta-Kee-ah Kristle Kee-Mah) is a quiet storm. She is best known for her ubiquitous work on the Emmy Award winning comedy, In Living Color where she won many fans with stunning impressions and an unending stream of original characters. During her five seasons on In Living Color, Keymáh earned an NAACP Image Award Nomination and a Soul Train Comedy Award Nomination. Keymáh then played Scotti Decker, the sexy, general contractor on the ABC comedy, On Our Own, and Denise Everett, an earthy comedy writer, on Fox's The Show. She also guest starred on The John Larroquette Show, The Commish, Quantum Leap and Roc Live. Keymáh gained a whole new set of fans and another two NAACP Image Award nominations as Bill Cosby's newest TV daughter, the flight attendant turned attorney turned aspiring chef turned wife and teacher Erica Lucas, on CBS' COSBY. She is also known worldwide as 'Raven's Mom."
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie is a poet, writer, educator, New Yorker and world-wanderer. Her poetry and fiction have been published in several journals including: Crab Orchard Review, Bomb, Long Shot, Paris/Atlantic, Drumvoices Revue, and Carapace. Her works have been anthologized in Listen Up! (One World/Ballantine), Catch The Fire!!! (Penguin/ Putnam), Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Random House), Role Call ( Third World Press), Beyond The Frontier (Black Classic Press), The Body Eclectic (Henry Holt), Revenge and Forgiveness (Henry Holt), and The Book of Hope (Beyond Borders). Ekere is a Staff Writer for African Voices literary magazine where she has worked since 1995.
In Keep Your Enemies Closer, Charlotte spends a summer in Turtle Island, South Carolina with her grandparents, Edmund and Mattie Mae Morley. Charlotte's twin cousins, Tina and Terry, also come down for some "summer fun." They are known for competing against each other and always getting into trouble. Since she was little, Charlotte had a gift of discernment. Somehow, she knew that Typhoon Tina and Tropical Storm Terry would rear their ugly heads this summer. Charlotte senses that something is not right with her grandparents' pastor, Reverend Holiday. He has been the pastor for about three months. Half of the congregation wants him gone and the other half adores him. Life is very simple in Turtle Island and one of Charlotte's favorite places to be. Little did she know, this summer will be full of suspense, death, deceit, and change. In Keep Your Enemies Closer, Oliver embraces the Christian lifestyle and brings together colorful characters.
Taalam Acey is considered by many to be the central Spoken Word artist of the current generation. He’s published a novel, a comprehensive collection of poems, an award winning memoir and 9 Spoken Word CDs. Taalam has been a full time traveling poet since 1999. Tens of thousands of people own his work and hundreds of thousands have watched him live or via television and the internet. Acey performs regularly in more than 50 cities in the US and abroad. On average, he is on a plane once every 3.5 d
Qaadira Allen is a creative life coach, transformative art facilitator, and award-winning artist who loves supporting others making quantum leaps in their lives. She brings over 25 years experience as a teacher, writer, health educator, and student of spiritual law, and is the founder of The Center for Transformative Art, an organization dedicated to promoting the power of art & spirit as a practical tool for personal growth, healing, and empowerment. Qaadira is the author of the forthcoming boo
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY will host the Ninth National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) Black Writers: Reading and Writing to Transform Their Lives and the World on Friday, March 28, 2008 through Sunday, March 30, 2008. The Conference is dedicated to the centennial of Richard Wright’s birth. Featured authors include Randall Robinson, Cornel West, Julia Wright and the notable Susan L. Taylor as the Honorary Conference Chair.Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Director of the
Troy Johnson is the founder and webmaster of the AALBC.com, LLC (The African American Literature Book Club). AALBC.com was launched in 1998 and is now the largest and most frequently visited web site dedicated to books by and about black people.
Johnson serves as a board member of the Literary Freedom Project, an advisory board member of the Harlem Book Fair, and is the Book Editor for Harlem World Magazine.
Johnson is also a technology project manager for a global financial services firm
APOOO is an online author and reader community dedicated to advancing African American literature, founded by Yasmin Coleman. Our mission is to expose readers of all ages to a good book in any genre; to support African American authors, books, literary events and bookclubs; to provide marketing resources, tools and tips to authors; and, to promote literacy within the African American community.
With the encouragement of fellow amazon.com review friends, APOOO Books was founded in 2000 by Ya
Richard Fewell is a Playwright, Fiction Writer and New Play Advisor for Connecticut based Prometheus' Fire LLC. His play, The Voice of Bones, was produced as a Dramatic Concert Reading at the Rich Forum/Leonhardt Studio, Stamford, CT, on March 20th, 2006, developed by Prometheus’ Fire & directed by Ray Aranha, director/playwright. Prometheus’ Fire produced a World Premiere of this play at the Playhouse on the Green (Bridgeport, CT) in 2006. Richards' play, Skyy Piece, received a dramatic concert
Michelle Goodman fled the cube in 1992 to become a freelance writer and has yet to look back. She’s the author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube (Seal Press, 2007) and the forthcoming My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Girl for Hire (Seal Press, 2008). Her reported pieces about alternative careers, human mating rituals, and popular culture have appeared in Salon, BUST, Bitch, The Bark, the Seattle Times, the S
Authors and New York City based co-founders of Chica Luna Productions, Sofia Quintero and Elisha Miranda discuss their current literary and media work and community involvement.
Felicia Pride will discuss her latest book titled, The Message: 100 Lessons From Hip Hop's Greatest Songs
Dr. Madhubuti will discuss Third World Press' 40th Anniversary celebratory event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007.
Third World Press is one of the nation’s oldest and most highly respected Black-owned publishing houses. The Chicago-based Third World Press was founded in 1967 in a basement apartment by Madhubuti. In 2006, Third World Press became the first Black-owned publishing house to have a book on the New York Times Best Seller li
DuEwa shares her poetry and talks about Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees!