Monthly Archives: February 2014

RECLAMATION BLOG TOUR WITH JACKIE GAMBER!

Today I have the pleasure of Spotlighting in my blog, “Reclamation” the latest novel from my friend, the wonderful and extremely talented Jackie Gamber! Jackie is also an author at Seventh Star Press, publisher of my debut novel last summer and various short stories, so if you are a fan of speculative fiction within theContinue reading “RECLAMATION BLOG TOUR WITH JACKIE GAMBER!”

SINKING DOWN BLOG TOUR WITH ERIC GARRISON!

Today I have the pleasure of Spotlighting in my blog, “Sinking Down” the latest novel from my friend and writing peer Eric Garrison! Eric is also an author at Seventh Star Press, publisher of my debut novel last summer and various short stories, so if you are a fan of speculative fiction within the urbanContinue reading “SINKING DOWN BLOG TOUR WITH ERIC GARRISON!”

SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR DONALD GOINES

African American author, Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 15, 1936. He came from a middle-class background, where his parents ran a laundry business. According to stories told to him by his mother—Myrtle Goines—the family was descended from a sexual encounter between Jefferson Davis and a slave. At age 15, Goines liedContinue reading “SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR DONALD GOINES”

SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CHESTER HIMES

Chester Bomar Himes was an African American writer born in Jefferson City, MS, on July 29, 1909. His parents were to Joseph Sandy Himes Sr. and Estelle Bomar Himes; his father was a peripatetic black college professor of industrial trades and his mother was a teacher at Scotia Seminary prior to marriage. At age twelve,Continue reading “SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CHESTER HIMES”