Happy Diva Day Aretha- My favorite song: Respect

Sapphire, author of Push, is back! The Kid (JULY 5th)

The Kid follows the son of Claireece "Precious" Jones, the sexually abused, illiterate heroine of Push. This coming-of-age story focuses on Claireece's son as he navigates the mean streets of New York City that threatened to swallow his mother whole. While Push ended with Claireece finding out she was HIV-positive, her son doesn't have the disease. What he does have, however, is the soul of an artist, which he hopes will keep him alive. http://www.thegrio.com/entertainment/sapphire-to-publish-push-sequel-the-kid.php

This book will be released on July 5, 2011. You can pre-order is NOW on AMAZON http://www.amazon.com/Kid-Sapphire/dp/1594203040 .

True Destination: Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

True Destination: Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden: "This has been a long time coming. After reading this book so many months ago, I thought about what I wanted to say about this MASTERPIECE. I..."

Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

This has been a long time coming. After reading this book so many months ago, I thought about what I wanted to say about this MASTERPIECE. I have read the reviews and agreed with each one. I have read TONS of books but there are only two books(literary fiction) prior to reading this that I became so captivated by the writing style & the characters that I read the book in hours. The books are The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Push by Sapphire, and now Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden. 

I have also read many "Bestsellers" and thought to myself, Is this what sold millions in the first days of publication?   Ms. McFadden truly deserves more praise than she receives.

Glorious  is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights era. Blending the truth of American history with the fruits of Bernice L. McFadden's rich imagination, this is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett, a fictional Harlem Renaissance writer whose tumultuous path to success, ruin, and revival offers a candid portrait of the American experience in all its beauty and cruelty.

Here are a few passages from this amazing book:

"Girl, every place the same as here,they just go by different names. Anyway, I'd rather stay here and deal with devil I already know." (32)

"When she caught Easter staring,which was often, she would snort, "This here my cat, I got a right to pet it." (40)

"There was entirely too much pussy under one roof and she didn't want to dangle additional temptation in front of her husband." (72-73)

If I 'low that, the rest of these girls up here will feel they could do the same thing, you hearing me?" (76)

"And the fact that her babies were conceived in her mind and not her womb did not make any less alive, any less beautiful, any less loved, or any less glorious." (101)

You can find out more about this author and all of her books on her website http://www.bernicemcfadden.com/.

Support her because she is truly a valid asset to the LITERARY WORLD!

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE

Worthy Writer

A writer's work that is worth checking out! Joseph Cook @No_Dreams_Told (twitter name)  http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jcook41787

Joseph Cook's Books and Publications Spotlight

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"I only write in hopes that someone is inspired from my works. I just want to live by way of my craft, my baby. For my poems are of me as if I birthed them myself, and I just want to be a better provider/father/writer. Thank you for your interest." Joseph Cook

From his work Heartbreak. Rebirth. Evolution:

"You see, he placed my heart where my mind should be."
B's review: I like that fact that you feel that your heart controls your actions and thoughts. Your heart can lead you to any place that may feel save, but is it? That's when your mind should come in, but you are thinking with your heart.......Your own voice, your own power!

Everyone please share in this wonderful poetry experience with Joseph Cook!

Always,

B. LaShera GLAZE