Do you write full time, or do you have another full-time job? What is your educational background? Yes. I’m a full-time writer. Until recently, I worked full-time as a School Media Specialist or School Librarian. I have a Master’s Degree in Library Service from Clark Atlanta University. What genre(s) do you write in, is thereContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – ALICIA MCCALLA”
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – EDEN ROYCE
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? I wanted to be a writer since I was about five years old, but I didn’t pursue it seriously until I was in my mid-thirties. For me, being aContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – EDEN ROYCE”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – LINDA ADDISON
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? The first time I held a book in my hands in elementary school and the teacher read the story and I followed the pictures I knew I wanted toContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – LINDA ADDISON”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – VALJEANNE JEFFERS
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? As a young girl I wrote stories and poetry. But life got in the way, and I didn’t return to writing until I was in my forties. Discovering OctaviaContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – VALJEANNE JEFFERS”
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”
