Blog: 01 The Alford Plea Preface

The impetus for this novella was my attendance at my nephew’s funeral. He was murdered. A few years prior to his murder, his brother was murdered, and a few years prior to his brother’s murder, their sister was murdered. In between the first and last murders, a...

Blog: 02 Vanilla, Cinnamon & Dark Chocolate Preface

Vanilla, Cinnamon & Dark Chocolate Preface In an essay that appeared in her 1983 book, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, Alice Walker defined colorism as a practice of discrimination by which people with lightest skin are treated more favorably than those with...

Blog:03 Summertime & the Livin’ is Easy

African American Children’s Books Statistics Publishers Weekly: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/92543-ccbc-releases-statistics-regarding-diversity-in-children-s-literature-published-in-2022.html New York Times NPR...