The Author Nook… I’ll show you what it took!

What are people saying?
The inaugural book was published on July 2, 2019, ironically it happened on the same day as my Father’s birthday. During our last conversation… he told me that he’d give me a poke on the “other side” to let me know that he was okay. I couldn’t help but to laugh, because I knew this was far from the realm of coincidence.
Volume II – was born in the wake of the Pandemic… when the world retreated into itself. I had to face my greatest enemy… who was hiding in the form of myself. Whenever I wanted to give up… I saw the examples of courage in the form of my Family (past & present) and it was that grace that compelled me to my feet. These are words born of that.
Book covers… I remember, when my aspirations to write a book was met with a declaration of “your lil’ book idea.”

Words can heal the broken pieces of our souls.

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Book signing (2019)

I’ve come a long way from the young man… who was told:

“You little Black Boys are nothing, but hoodlums in training… at best!”

Decades later… my prose… circulates around the world, touching souls and opening lanes of purpose – leaving me equal parts humbled and honored.

poem

Eyes on us

All eyes on… us.As the only oneswho can save us,is us…as cries to Sky Daddyare unheralded…as knees bendto despotswith swollen anklesand bad english,by way of indistinguishedladies and gentlemenwho don’t servethe people…instead,they give almsto mammon…while ignoringtheir poets,even the oft quoted…I wrote this ina flourish,so that it will echo,hello?as I repeat,the only oneswho can save us,is us…but…

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