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SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT!! Let’s get it. Mark your calendars. Why? On April 1st, 2023, A new short story collection from the inimitable Gayl Jones will hit the market. My 💭; A master at language use. It’s not hard to see why Ms. Toni Morrison was so fond of Gayl Jones. Her use and manipulation of language is stunningly beautiful and often simply brilliant. There are some bright shining moments in this too short collection, but at all times her prose is poetic and intoxicating. Even in the flash fiction pieces, called fragments in this collection the prowess is still evident. In the fragment Ravenna, she tells of a pending adoption, and manages to infuse moving emotion in a few short pages, “Both girls were ten. (they wondered how ravenna got so old before anyone wanted her.) But the other girl was not a beauty. she was Black in the days when Black wasn’t considered beautiful. and in all honesty, her face looked like a frog’s though if she’d been lemon yellow or even beige that feature might have been quietly overlooked.” This is quite an impressive collection and one I highly recommend. Thanks to Edelweiss and Beacon Press for an advanced DRC. #butter #gayljones #beaconpress #ownvoicesreviews #sundayspotlight2023 #blackbooksmatter #bookblogger #bookreview #bookreviewer #blackbibliophile #readmorebooks #followforblackbooks (at Downtown Houston) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoABlDsrqNO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The book Dance we Do by ntozake shange which I wrote the afterword for will be available for purchase October 2020. Books by these lovely ladies will be available as well. Looks like I'm in very good company💜 #beaconpress #ntozakeshange #ripntozakeshange #poets #dance #dancewedo #barnardcollege #shangeworlds #writers #playwright #honored #forcoloredgirls (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPeBhhD1y7/?igshid=i1javw22bxzr

Newly acquired: Wounded in the House of a Friend, 1995. Inscribed by Sonia Sanchez. This is my second signed acquisition from Sonia Sanchez. So fortunate to find this one. . Dont forget to follow for more book finds. . #beaconpress #womenpoets #womenwriters #blackpoetry #poetsoninstagram #poetrylovers #poetryoftheday #soniasanchezpoetry #soniasanchez #antiquarianbooks #antiquarian #bibliophile #signedbooks #signed #booklover #booksbooksbooks #bookworms #bookcollecting https://www.instagram.com/p/B5xxRCfD_40/?igshid=8nssydfnbsnl

Twenty years ago, my senior year at #emersoncollege I interned for #beaconpress and this experience made me realize I didn’t want to go into publishing. However, it confirmed that I did want to be a published writer. One of the perks of the internship was getting free books. This is how I was introduced to poet #ruthformanpoetry She had just won a major prize and Beacon Press published her winning manuscript. At 22, I needed something to help me see that I could step out on faith and pursue #creativewriting and well these two poems became (and still are) my motivators.