Fresh breezes: spend the summer discovering new writers.SHORTLY AFTER KALISHA BUCKHANON found out that her story Upstate (St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. "Oh my goodness!" Her elation elation /ela·tion/ (e-la´shun) emotional excitement marked by acceleration of mental and bodily activity, with extreme joy and an overly optimistic attitude. quickly cooled some. The tragic story of two young lovers she had written as a thesis project while attending The New School was not the piece of writing she thought would be recognized by a publisher. "This wasn't the first story I'd ever written; and it really wasn't the one I thought would be the first to get accepted and attract so much attention." Buckhanon, however, was grateful for the chance to get her voice and her story out there to the reading public. [See BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received , March-April 2005, THE WRITING LIFE, "And Now What?"] And readers have embraced Upstate like a breath of fresh air. She is just one of several first-time authors to be published in 2005. To whet the appetites of booklovers who look forward to reading something "fresh" during the summer--and in the early fall--the editors at Black Issues Book Review have pulled together a listing of first time authors and excerpts of their debut work. The books represent a mix of genres, indeed; so whether you enjoy literary fiction or inspiring nonfiction, here's a sample from a few up-and coming writers. FICTION Mohammed Naseehi Ali Mohammed Naseehi Ali, a native of Ghana' is a writer and musician. Ali's fiction and essays have been published in New Yorker, Mississippi Review, Bomb, Gathering of the Tribes and Essence. A graduate of Bennington College Bennington College, at Bennington, Vt.; coeducational (originally for women); chartered 1925, opened 1932. Its curriculum is based on individual interests and needs. , he lives in Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , with his wife and two daughter The characters in his debut collection of short stories are drawn with both humor and a natural forcefulness. The Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories Amistad/HarperCollins, August 2005 $22.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-060-52354-9 Here is an excerpt from the story "Live In": "The money," Shatu blurts out. "I can't find it. She opens her palms and lifts both hands in the air, as if she expects the money to drop on the floor. She recalls it being in her left hand just a short while ago. "Or was it my right hand?" she wonders. She searches all her pockets, and finds the crumpled crum·ple v. crum·pled, crum·pling, crum·ples v.tr. 1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple. 2. To cause to collapse. v.intr. 1. sheet of paper that has the shopping list, but not the money Marge Hammers, the woman Shatu works for as a live-in maid, has given her for their biweekly grocery shopping. The cashier at register four, whose brightly lettered pink and white name tag identifies her as Tammy, stares at Shatu through thick prescription glasses, her eyes blue and vibrant. "Why don't you go look for it," says Tammy. Shatu runs from aisle to aisle, panting panting rapid, shallow breathing, a characteristic heat-losing reaction in dogs; represents an increase in dead-space ventilation resulting in heat loss without necessarily increasing oxygen uptake or carbon dioxide loss. heavily. Shatu is afraid of what Marge will say when she hears about the lost shopping money. She is also concerned about not disturbing the peace of the rich white shoppers in the supermarket with her black histrionics. Shatu combs through every aisle but after fifteen minutes of continued search, there was still no sign of the money. Shatu retreats to the checkout area. "You can't find it?" Tammy asks. Shatu opens her mouth, and makes an attempt to speak, but instead tears run down her cheeks. "Hon', I think you better stop crying. Go home and tell Marge what happened. I'm sure she'll understand, you know." On reaching the house, Shatu waits a few minutes in front of the door, imagining the possible consequences of her impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. disclosure. She is almost two hours late now, and knows for sure that Marge is probably fuming fuming /fum·ing/ (fum´ing) emitting a visible vapor. fum·ing adj. Producing or emitting smoke or vapor, as for certain concentrated nitric, sulfuric, and hydrochloric acids. with rage that she has taken so long to return. Marge is watching a soap opera soap opera Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style. when Shatu walks into the living room. Not until Shatu is standing within three feet of her does Marge turn to look at her. As the two make eye contact, Shatu breaks down in tears, and it is with much effort that she is able to control herself and to tell Marge what has happened. Marge listens attentively, without any trace of anger or disappointment on her face. When Shatu has finished, Marge asks for her walking aid, and slowly but surely, walks the twelve steps to her bedroom. She emerges from the room with two, crisp hundred-dollar bills, which she hands to Shatu, without comment. Shatu is not quite sure what to make of her mistress's kindness, and can only say in between sobs, "Thank you very much, Madam. May God bless you." "Don't be silly," Marge replies. Shatu's grandmother had narrated a tale to her when she was growing up. It was the tale of Mother Hen and her six young chicks, who lived once upon a time during an era of severe famine on the earth, had no option but to steal to survive. At the beginning of each month, the mother would send the chicks into the wilderness to find food for the family. On their return from their first successful hunt, Mother Hen, even before touching the food, asked her children where they had found it and also, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , how the owner had reacted when they had taken the food. They explained to their mother that they had stolen the food from a gorilla family and that the entire monkey clan had given them a chase for many miles, screamed at the top of their lungs, waved sticks and clubs in the air and even threatened to cut off their chickenheads if they didn't return the food. After listening patiently to the story, Mother Hen had told her young ones, "Let's sit down and eat the food." During their next foray, however, the chicks stole from a fox pack that did not chase the culprits, but rather stood and watched as the chicks made away with their loot. When Mother Hen heard about the foxes' reaction, she asked her children to return the food to their owners, and proceeded to caution her young ones thus: The first family expressed all their anger right when you stole their food, and because of that may have even forgotten about the theft soon after you had left. But beware of the person who hides his anger in his heart, for he may be planning a wicked revenge against you." "God save me," prays Shatu. Denise Nicholas Denise Nicholas (born Donna Denise Nicholas on July 12, 1944 or 1945[1]) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her roles on sitcoms and television and is also social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. Denise Nicholas is best known as an actor for her roles in the television shows Room 222 and In the Heat of the Night. Before establishing a drama career, Nicholas was a Freedom Rider freedom rider n. One of an interracial group of civil rights activists in the early 1960s who rode buses through parts of the southern United States for the purpose of challenging racial segregation. in 1964. She draws from that era and her experiences to create the story line for her first novel. Freshwater Road is the story of a young woman who moves from Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. , to Mississippi in 1964, to help found a Freedom School, and it follows her dealings with racism and reconnecting with her family. Freshwater Road Agate Publishing, August 2005 $23.95, ISBN 1-932-84110-5 Excerpt: When she could lie there no longer, she planted her feet on the cool linoleum linoleum (lĭnō`lēəm), resilient floor or wall covering made of burlap, canvas, or felt, surfaced with a composition of wood flour, oxidized linseed oil, gums or other ingredients, and coloring matter. floor, used every drop of remaining pitcher water to wash herself from face to feet, realizing too late that she had no clean water with which to brush her teeth. She dressed in a sleeveless blouse and a skirt and tiptoed out the front door to the spigot, squinting squint v. squint·ed, squint·ing, squints v.intr. 1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight. 2. a. To look or glance sideways. b. in the hard sunlight, beckoning to the distant clouds to bring shade in God's name to Freshwater Road. She eyed the long needled pines standing like a line of dancers some yards to the back of the house. No shade trees near that she could see. And, where had that car or truck in the night gone? She stared at the empty road. The two-lane was a short city block it] the other direction, the highway that Matt had disappeared down. With the sun like a hot iron on her neck, she bent over to refill her pitcher. Mrs. Owens stood at the stove frying eggs. Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
"Celeste Tyree." She joined him at the table. What was the high rung, she wondered? "I was with the last group. They called us the stragglers in Jackson." She might've said she was happy to be there, but Leroy Boyd James's name crowned the moment in her mind followed quickly by the prowling prowl v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls v.tr. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark. v.intr. car. This Pineyville was a lynching town. Nineteen fifty-nine wasn't that long ago. She needed to talk with a local about the real deal in Pineyville without being rude to the person who'd guide her to the work she was there to do. "The work's the same wherever it is." Maybe and maybe not, she thought. Helen Oyeyemi Helen Oyeyemi (born September 28, 1984) is a British novelist. She was born in Nigeria and moved to London when she was four. She wrote her first novel, The Icarus Girl, while still at school studying for her A levels. Twenty-one-year-old Helen Oyeyemi attends Corpus Christi College Corpus Christi College can refer to the following colleges:
The Icarus Girl Nan A. Talese/Doubleday June 2005, $23.95 ISBN 0-385-51383-6 Excerpt: Jess was in pain, worse than she'd ever been before; it was overflowing into miniscule min·is·cule adj. Variant of minuscule. Adj. 1. miniscule - very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" minuscule gasping sounds, and it was making her vision, her stomach, her very mind turn cartwheels amidst splashes of neon-bright colour. She wished desperately that she would swoon, like people did in books; she wished that she could. Her mum had said (jokingly?) that black people couldn't faint, but she didn't know if that were true, or even of it applied to her. Neither did she know whether she was awake or asleep, but whichever she was, she needed to be the other. For a full second, her senses imploded im·plode v. im·plod·ed, im·plod·ing, im·plodes v.intr. To collapse inward violently. v.tr. 1. To cause to collapse inward violently. 2. in a violent jolt, and no part of her could be spared to wonder if this was a dream. The searingly, impossibly hot coal that she pressed to her mouth was burning not only her lips and fingers, but, it seemed, every inch of her by association. She must be dreaming--where would she have found this thing, and why would she so doggedly continue to pass it over her lips, bursting the skin in an agony of heat and blood when the thing that she most wanted Most Wanted may refer to:
Michelle Buckley Michelle Buckley grew up in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, also known as the Air Capital of the World, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. , and worked as a publicist and communications specialist for organizations such as Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards, a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. Approximately 50% of greeting cards sent in the United States every year are manufactured by Hallmark. , Inc. and the Boys & Girls Clubs. She was included in the book Souls of My Sisters (Kensington), on a collection of true-life essays written by African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. women. She currently manages own freelance writing and media relations company, Perfect Pitch Communications. Buckley, describes her first book as one that pays respect to the resiliency of women from the ghettos to the 'burbs. It's the story of Lacy Foxx--black, female, single and searching. Bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly Soul Urban Books, May 2005 $14.95, ISBN 1-893-19616-X Excerpt: We were both right. We were both lucky. Although, I think I fared better in the deal. He expressed his love for me in ways I'd only dreamed of. It wasn't the trips or constant flurry of activities. It was the little things, like him calling just to hear my voice, him surprising me with love notes in unexpected places and him always instinctively knowing what type of mood I was in. But mostly it was the way he looked at me. When we were together he looked at me like a lifelong blind person experiencing the miracle of sight for the first time, admiring everything with awe and amazement. I'd often awake and find him gazing at me like a mother taking in the miracle of her newborn or God staring in wonderment at His creation of the Heavens and Earth. The fact that he loved me was in a way its own miracle. The way he looked at me and cherished me meant everything to me. How could he not know that I already had the only piece of the world that truly mattered? Him. Montre Bible Montre Bible studied art at Texas A & M University. He is a former announcer for a gospel radio station and a substitute teacher. Heaven Sent tells the story of a young Christian man's discovery of the previously hidden truth of heritage. Heaven Sent Warner Books/Walk Worthy Press April 2005, $12.95, ISBN 0-446-69529-7 Excerpt: Pastor Francis snatched his hand away and stumbled back to the floor. He was defiant, yet scared of me. I ran out of the church out onto the street and didn't stop until I got back to the bus stop down the block. I held my head down. I had pushed myself into the pastor's mind because he had built this wall to keep me out. But I had to force myself inside of him. I had to get the truth about my family and myself. "You belong to us," a whisper said. A shadowy figure moved within my own shadow. "No I don't." "You are so much like Donyel, your grandfather. So powerful and self-indulgent. So much potential." "I resist you demon. In Jesus' name, I resist you--" "You raped that man's mind and took what you desired. Donyel is more in you than you know, and he will find you...." Tamara T. Gregory After successes as a feature film executive in Hollywood, Tamara T. Gregory decided to extend her storytelling talents to book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. . She is a consulting producer with film and TV production company Strange Fruit Films. Previously, Gregory served as senior vice president of Magic Johnson “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. For the Milwaukee Bucks center, see Ervin Johnson. Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic Entertainment where she coproduced the TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. television movie Passing Glory. Her debut novel is a tale about a black, middle-class woman who is bored and disappointed with L.A. dating scene and sets off to Europe for a vacation that turns out to be a journey of self-discovery. Passport Diaries Amistad/HarperCollins August 2005 $22.95, ISBN 0-060-78927-1 Excerpt: The DJ is playing everything from Usher to James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " , "Stayin' Alive" to "Baby Boy." Rita and I are having a friendly little dance off.... It's hot. It's sexy. Rita and I begin to do a cha cha/stepping combo dance. It's a little awkward, neither of us knowing who should lead. Feeling myself, I decide to take charge. I sing along to the music. "Let me see you do the l-o-v-e s-l-i-d-e." And on the s-l-i-d-e, she kissed me. For real. With tongue and everything. Awkward to the nth degree. Junior high quality at best..... I try to shut my mind off and just go with it. No. no. that's not working. All I keep thinking is, Am I doing this right? Kissing a woman should be the same as kissing a guy, right? Same body parts involved. But no, kissing a woman is completely different than kissing a man. With a man you're bound to have a lip or a cheek brush up against some degree of facial hair Noun 1. facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair , sometimes with disastrous results. But her skin is so smooth. I can see why men like kissing us; it's like sleeping on satin sheets. But for some reason, despite what should be seen as a plus, I'm not liking it at all. Angela Henry Angela Henry is a librarian in Springfield, Ohio. She is also the founder of the MystNoir Web site, which promotes African American mysteries. It seems almost natural then, that her first book would be a mystery. The Company You Keep is a modern-day mystery combined with humor and thrill. The story introduces readers to Kendra Clayton, a part-time English teacher, part-time sleuth, who must redefine "friendship" when her friend and coworker's boyfriend is murdered. The Company You Keep BET Books, May 2005 $14, ISBN 1-583-14607-5 Excerpt: "Oh, God, he's dead! ...," "... I wanted to end things with Jordan once and for all," she began.... "I was going to tell him not to bother coming home and that his things would be in the garage for him to pick up tomorrow. I knocked on the door. I could hear someone moving around inside but no one would answer.... I could just imagine the two of them in there laughing at me. I used my extra set of keys to let myself into the house. It was dark in there, and I couldn't see a thing. I was fumbling around for the light switch when I heard someone go out the back door. I started walking toward the back when I tripped over something and fell. When I got up and finally got the fights turned on, I saw what I tripped over. It was Jordan! ... His head was all smashed and bloody ...." Kyra Davis Kyra Davis lives in the greater San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay with her son, and after having a career in the fashion industry and spending time acting, singing and writing, she is now writing full-time. In her debut book, Davis has created Sophie Katz, a grande-caramel-brownie-frappucino swilling mystery writer. Sex, Murder and a Double Latte Red Dress Ink June 2005, $17.95 ISBN 0-373-89519-4 Excerpt: "I am not a crack pot. I know someone was here and I know it was the same person who vandalized my car ... I told you about Sex, Drugs & Murder, right?" "Sex, drugs and murder? Is that one of those alternative lifestyle courses they teach at Berkeley?" asked the young cop. "Look." I held the book out in front of me. "I'm talking about my novel, this book. Someone wants to be sure that I know they're reenacting my book and I think I might just be playing the part of the murder victim." Keiran Batts Morrow, Tiffany Anderson, Adrienne Carter and Tracey Richelle High FAB: A Novel Doubleday Books, July 2005 $19.95, ISBN 0-385-51348-8 Meet the authors: Kieran Batts Morrow is a fifth-year litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. associate in white-collar criminal defense at the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. office of a California law firm. Tiffany Anderson, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas , lives in Los Angeles and is a full-time writer for the UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation show Eve. Adrienne Carter received her B.A. from Yale and her M.F.A. in Acting from the Yale School of Drama Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. The "Dramat," which produced the American premieres of Albert Camus's Caligula and Shakespeare's . She also writes for the television show Eve. Tracey Richelle High received her B.A. from Yale College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. . She lives in New York and works as a litigation associate at a Wall Street law firm. In this collaborative work, which seems to be the rage these days in the genre in chick lit, four talented young women weave an adventure of four "fabulous" designer-clad single friends who explore and share their experiences as black and successful women searching for love in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Excerpt from "Bianca: The Glamorous Life": I'm 28 years old and my career in fashion had definitely hit a wall of sorts, that wall being my sanity. Everyone in my senior class at Harvard was green with envy because we were all convinced that I was going to be lunching with Karl and Donatella before jetting off to Paris on the Concorde for the spring shows. Please. Baby-sitting neurotic second-tier designers and delivering unmarked packages to qlassy-eyed models is not exactly the best use of an Ivy League degree. So when I met the American Television Network's (yes, ATN ATN Acute tubular necrosis, see there , but they're working on becoming a real network instead of a haven for BET Comic View rejects) Senior Vice President of Publicity at an after party for the VH-1/Vogue Fashion Awards, I used my considerable powers of persuasion to convince him to offer me a job as a junior publicist. (Minds out of the gutter, please; I'm talking about the gift of gab gift of gab n. The ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly. , which rye got in spades.) In any case, after narrowly avoiding crashing the Cabriolet into a cactus, I pulled myself together and made it here in one piece. And now that I'm here, I'm feeling great about my decision, because it was definitely the right thing to do, and almost everything is better out here. I have my own business cards that say "Bianca King, Junior Publicist" (in New York I had to use my boss's card and write my name on the back--tres ghettoir, non?) and I'm actually getting paid a decent wage (not Dolce dol·ce Music adv. & adj. In a gentle and sweet manner. Used chiefly as a direction. [From Italian, sweet, from Latin dulcis.] Adv. 1. & Gabbana good, but definitely Banana Republic good). Mallori McNeal Mallori McNeal, 16, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her parents; during the summer before her ninth grade year, she continued to write Down Chic as she studied creative writing at Cincinnati's School of Creative and Performing Arts. With McNeal, Triple Crown Publications The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. presents its first teen author and one of the youngest authors in hip-hop literature history. Down Chic Triple Crown Publications, June 2005 $15, ISBN 0-976-23494-7 Excerpt: When Kayne heard me crying, he came in and took me in his arms. I cried for about ten minutes straight. He didn't say anything at all. But I didn't even care, because I didn't need him to say anything. Him holding me was enough. After I dried my eyes, and pulled myself together, I was. ready to go. On our wav out of the hospital to the car, I walked with my head down toward the floor. "Keep yo head up. You ain't gotta try to hide yo face, you still the best lookin' female in the world," he said, trying to build my confidence. But in my opinion, I was ugly and couldn't stand to be looked at. "You just sayin' that 'cause you're my boyfriend." "No, I'm not saying it because I'm your boyfriend. I'm saying because it's the truth. I would never lie to you. Didn't I tell you that you could trust me." "Yeah," I said. I remembered what my mother had once told me. "Trust is the best thing you can have in any type of relationship." I knew she was right, but I wasn't sure if I trusted Kayne yet. Nikki Jenkins Nikki Jenkins discovered her passion for storytelling after she received her graduate degree from Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. . Now living in Columbus with her two small children and her fiance, she is working on her second novel. Can you look at a person every day for years on end without seeing that person for who they really are? In the romantic mystery Playing With the Hand I Was Dealt, sometimes a matter of seconds is all it takes for the shocking truth to emerge. Playing With the Hand I Was Dealt Strebor Books October 2005 $13, ISBN 1-593-09046-3 Excerpt: The look on Leslie's face transformed from hurt to amazement. "What?" She turned her whole body to face Amanda. "What the hell did you just say to me? You sit around and take the abuse of a man that looks like the bottom of my shoe, and you want to give me advice about relationships. Earl sleeps with all kinds of women, in your bed even, and you know it and you stay with him." Every word out of Leslie's mouth cut through Amanda like a knife. "And you know what? Why should Earl leave.... He's got everything he could want. Yeah, you are pretty, but hell, a pretty face comes a dime a dozen.... Girl, but I understand why you stay." She turned back to face the rest of the table and grabbed for the pack cigarettes in front of her, lit one, crossed her legs and continued. Amanda was caught off guard and her face reflected it. Leslie spewed at Amanda all the hate and animosity she had held in during Marcus's time at the table. Amanda didn't deserve it; she was just an innocent bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. . But there it was. All over her face, in her lap and hanging in the air--Leslie's venomous venomous secreting poison; poisonous. attack. Marlon James Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies The university consists of three major campuses at Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, and Cave Hill in Barbados, together with a satellite campus in Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago and a Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management in Nassau, Bahamas. in 1991 with a degree in literature. He is a three-time winner of the Calabash calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete) of the trumpet-creeper family (Bignoniaceae) that grows in Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental. Fellowship for Writers in Jamaica, and lives in Kingston. James's debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. In the village of Gibbeah, where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives, magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. Jim Crow's Devil Akashic Books September 2005 $21, ISBN 1-888-45182-3 Excerpt: No living thing flew over the village of Gibbeah, neither fowl, nor dove, nor crow. Yet few looked above, terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. should an omen come in a shriek shriek - exclamation mark or flutter. Nothing flew but dust. It slipped through window blades, door cracks, and the lifting clay of rooftops. Dust coated house and ground, shed and tree, machine and vehicle with a blanket of gray. Dust hid blood, but not remembrance. Apostle York took three days to decide. He had locked himself in the office as his man waited by the door. Clarence touched his face often without thought, running his fingers over scratches hardened by clotted blood. The Apostle's man was still in church clothes: his one black suit and gray shirt with tan buttons that matched his skin, save for his lips, which would have been pink had they not been beaten purple three days ago. Clarence shifted from one leg to the other and squeezed his knuckles to prevent trembling, but it was no use. "Clarence," the Apostle called from behind the door. "Pile them up. Pile them all up. Right where the roads meet. Pile them up and burn them." NONFICTION Bobby Joe Saucer Bobby Joe Saucer is the former Dean of the Morehouse School of Religion, and is considered a pioneer in the areas of educational program planning, implementation, and evaluation. He holds degrees from Southern University, Colgate Rochester Divinity School and Andover Newton Theological School Andover Newton Theological School, located in Newton, Massachusetts, is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. It maintains covenantal ties with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. . Currently with The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board of the American Baptist Churches USA The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a group of Baptist churches within the United States; the denomination maintains headquarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The organization's general secretary is A. Roy Medley. , he resides in Decatur, Georgia. Saucer's first book challenges and guides the members and leadership of African American churches to make a more concerted effort to meet the needs of the elderly in churches and in the larger community. Our Help in Ages Past: The Black Church's Ministry Among the Elderly With Jean Alicia Elster Judson Press, April 2005 $14, ISBN 0-817-01483-7 Excerpt from Chapter 6: Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. --Psalm 34:11 Emotional Support and Counseling For a grandparent, facing the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin responsibilities of child rearing while at the same time recognizing the signs and limitations of aging can prove to be an emotional challenge. The stigma wrongly associated with counseling and psychological therapy may dissuade a senior parent from seeking the very support that he or she needs. If a church has a counseling center already in place, parenting seniors can be gently yet firmly encouraged to avail themselves of these services before situations spiral out of control. Or a congregation can make arrangements for a social worker or psychologist to be at the church once a month specifically to address the needs of elderly parents. Maurice Ashley Maurice Ashley, at the age of 32, in 1999, became the first and (so far) only African American to attain the title of International Grandmaster in the game of chess. He is a commentator for CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , and coach to Harlem's National Championship-winning teams. His company Generation Chess was organizing the largest open chess tournament in history, to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2005; the HB Global Chess Challenge may well represent a watershed moment in chess history. With the Maurice Ashley Foundation, Ashley hopes to establish chess as a key component in the development of thinking as a skill in a young people. In his first book, Ashley offers chess-playing techniques and strategies as educational tools for youngsters, as well as their parents, in helping to make better decisions throughout their lives. Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens Broadway Books, August 2005 $14, ISBN 0-767-91568-2 Excerpt: I constantly tried to instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. in the kids a love and
respect for the game. They began to see and appreciate the poetry of a
well-played match, the subtle musical artistry that rivaled a Beethoven
sonata, or the back-and-forth flow that resembled a hot hip-hop beat. I
would punctuate punc·tu·ate v. punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates v.tr. 1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks. 2. games with excited commentary: "Juice!" was one of my favorite exclamations, reserved for a move that shattered an opponent's position and sent his army reeling. The kids started to look for "juice moves" because they knew that would get the room abuzz. Discovering an excellent move was like making a no-look pass in basketball; some moves produced the kind of twisted faces reserved for Michael Jordan dunks. Kitty J. Pope Kitty J. Pope is a former lifestyle editor for Upscale Magazine in Atlanta. She has worked as the Coordinator of Counseling at Bennett College in Greensboro and as a social worker and newspaper editor. She is currently a freelance writer and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most specialist living in Atlanta. Beside Every Great Man profiles 30 very important women including Camille Cosby, Serita Jakes and Eunice Johnson who chose to work beside their famous husbands in their mission to become successful, powerful and spiritual African American men. Beside Every Great Man ... Is a Great Woman ... African American Women of Courage Intellect, Strength, Beauty and Perseverance Amber Books, June 2005 $14.95, ISBN 0-974-97794-2 Excerpt: Like many of our nationally renowned African American men who have become corporate giants, civil rights leaders Below is a list of civil rights leaders:
adj. Marked by unconditional commitment, unstinting devotion, or unreserved enthusiasm: wholehearted approval. whole . A woman can have a career that is out front or significantly more successful than her husband's; or, she can be highly successful in a role that is primarily supportive of her husband--where she can achieve great things with him. Before marrying Hollywood hunk Will Smith, Jada Pinkett was already a Hollywood leading lady. Not only was she a top actress, but she also directed music videos and created Maja, a line of women's T-shirts and dresses. Today, Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is married to actor/rapper Will Smith. Biography Early life Jada was born September 18 Jada Koren Pinkett in Baltimore, Maryland to Robsol Pinkett, Jr. continues to redefine what it means to be a homemaker, mother, wife of a superstar and a star herself. She says that Will is confident enough in himself to allow her to have such an outstanding career. Greatness entails many things not just the amount of money that you make or even the things that you accomplish. Since the beginning of time, women have been the support system and backbone for many of the great strides made by men. |
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