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for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
AQUARIUS PRESS
Literary & Educational Publishing
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Marketing Association
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Instructor, English, Wayne State University
Instructor, Composition, Lansing Community College
Two-time National Fellow
"Excellence in Publishing," Wayne County Commission
Faculty, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Member, American Association of University Women (AAUW); Communications Officer
Past Vice-President, American Business Women's Association (ABWA)
Reverie is a journal devoted to featuring literature by African Americans in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The Review Board consists of a distinguished group of professional writers and instructors.
Current Issue: Spring 2008
Featuring:
Alan King
Dike Okoro
Brian Gilmore
Clarence Young
Qiana Towns
Gerri Stone
Eddie Bell
Debraha Watson
Cheresse Thornhill
Felecia Studstill
Member, Coalition of 100 Black Women
"I finished the book in one night. . .LOVED IT! It reminded me a little of Wuthering Heights. What I liked most was your historical accuracy of old Detroit. . .there aren't many books that I've read that moved me like this one."
~~~Brenda Cornish, Playwright
“A suspenseful tale of love and deceit. . .Dark River combines real history with romantic suspense in a tale that will draw you in and keep you on the edge of your seat!”
“I really loved the book. . .I read it in two sittings!”
~~~Dr. Glenda Price, President Emeritus,
Marygrove College
“Lyrical.”
~~~Tonya Hogans, Romance Writers of America
“Highly recommended.”
~~~Circle of Life Book Club
Eyes on Fire:
Witnesses to the Detroit Riot of 1967
13 stunning personal stories from people who saw what happened in the city of Detroit in July 1967. An important collection to read, share and remember.
Email us for professional edits through June 2008!
FOUNDATION OF LOVE (2008)
by Minister Cheryl Coleman-Brown
Majestic Books Division
Foundation of Love is the heartbreaking, yet inspiring, true story of one couple’s journey through some of the greatest challenges life could ever thrust upon us. Through reflections and witty anecdotes, Cheryl Coleman-Brown, along with her husband, Roy, do more than cope with tragic circumstances—they overcome them. In the face of miscarriage, mental illness, three sons’ developmental and life-threatening disorders, and Roy’s devastating diagnosis, this couple re-emerges every single time with a new message of hope and faith for us all.
Foundation of Love is guaranteed to instruct, inspire and uplift, showing us the path to greater glory through love.
Real-World
College Application Essay Writing (2008)
Based on eight years of college prep workshops, the secret to writing successful college essays is finally all in one indispensable handbook. Real World College Application Essays is specially geared toward today’s students of color, students facing additional challenges in the wake of the Affirmative Action bans across the country. Contains realistic and culturally-conscious techniques for writing a successful essay.
"John Jeffire is one of Detroit's finest working class fiction writers with his excellent novel Motown Burning. In this new collection of poems he burns the earth down to the ground with his raw, gritty images that take his readers deep into the sublime regions of urban understanding and blue collar reality. . . —M.L. Leibler, author of Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream
“Karen S. Williams’ lyrical, fluid writing bring little-known stories to our attention, and what compelling stories these are.”--Anna Reisman, M.D., Deputy Editor. of Creative Writing and Asst. Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
A searing chronicle of the African American medical experience in the United States, from slavery times to the Tuskegee experiment to the present.
The poems of Felecia Studstill are bouquets of genius filled with lyric and metaphor. Reading her poetry is like inhaling a breath of pure air: the more you breathe, the more you want. Her language is electric to the mind as it captures small details of the human condition. This poet writes with a brilliance that is to be celebrated.
