Kuumba: Creativity
Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our […]
Nia: Purpose
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people […]
Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics
Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics – To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them […]
Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility
Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility – To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems […]
We Hope for Better Things
GENERAL – Author Name: Erin Bartels – Book Title: We Hope for Better Things – Book Genre: Upmarket Women’s Fiction […]
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HEAVEN AND HELL
“I can’t believe you’re actually sitting here doing this.” my mother said for the fifth time as I pulled coarse […]
Fate Forged (Bound Magic Series: Book One
GENERAL – Author Name: B.P. Donigan – Book Title: Fate Forged (Bound Magic Series: Book One) – Book Genre: Urban […]
REPOST…Those Who Can Do More, Teach…
I learned today that Mr. C. has passed. Though it’s been 35 years since I last saw him, not a […]
His feet touch the floor…
When I first got him, he was a chubby eight-month-old. He had curly thick hair and an eye that sometimes […]
NaNoWriMo et al
So…the challenge is pretty simple. All I hafta do is write a novel in of 50,000 words in a month. […]
Glory Hallelujah – Book 2 – Reluctant Bride
JUNE 1972 Four days before her sixth birthday, Glory Hallelujah Bishop knew a whole lotta things. As a matter of […]
Hi, My Name is Deborah, and I'm a Recovering Photographer…
In 1991, my fiance got a Pentax IQZoom 140 from Fingerhut, and I was in love. He was on the road a […]
Glory Hallelujah – Book 2 – Lip Gloss
June 1980 In the Robinson Room, three girls leaned against a second-floor windowsill, watching the boys playing basketball down in […]
The Science Project
This is a short story I wrote in 1998. It’s written from an omniscient point of view—head hopping and all […]
Boys to Men
My boys— young men—were born into a world where the expectation was juvie at 15, fatherhood at 16, prison […]
Tagging the O'Briens
When Muffy Dropped Her Pencil “Captain on deck!” “At ease”, the woman said as she descended the ramp to the […]
Writing Life
I’ve been a writer all of my life. I had a short story published in the church newsletter when I […]
Barbie Shoes—A side story of Glory and JT
Marcus Jackson picked up the hysterically laughing ten-year-old and gave him a gentle noogie. “Ready to take a break, Shorty?” […]
Happy Monday!!
I love Mondays. I know, I know…but really, there’s nothing wrong with me. I know, most people work all week […]
Oh Mighty Tech…
Why hast thou forsaken me? Why hast thou turned thy face from me in anger? Have I not done all […]
…Those Who Can Do More, Teach…
Dear Mr. C., I was a student at LTHS from 1980 to 1984. Once upon a time, on […]
Second Love…
My first love was a giant who taught me complex math and could intertwine his fingers around my waist. I […]
On Writing…with kids…
So over the past few years, my kids have occasionally stood beside or behind me at my desk; each time […]
Glory Hallelujah—Book Two
May 1976 The feeling was just wrong. A strange pressure in her stomach and chest. It didn’t really hurt; there […]
