THE HOLY BIBLE, BENEATH THE UNDERDOG, REDEMPTIONS SON, CRUCIBLE, Homegirls and Handgrenades, bumrush the page,Some love, some pain, some time, a piece of mine, some soul to keep, vision for black men, measure of a man, go tell it on the mountain, gorilla my love, the bluest eye, the color purple, the scarlet letter, Proverbs 31 man, Reposition yourself, Song of solomon, anything by Langston Hughes, I know why the caged bird sings,Jazz, The fire next time, Their eyes were watching God, Push, Sula, The wake of the Wind, I love myself, The prophet, The eye of the Prophet, Horses make the landscape look more  beautiful, Soul on Ice, Evidence of things not seen

The bible, Reposition yourself, Measure of a man, How to make love work, about to start The Road by Cormac McCarthy

In bed right before I go to sleep or the park beneath some shade, love hearing people in the background as Im reading esp children laughing and playing.

Published Redemption Song, with that story called Karma I was telling everyone about last I wrote here. Working on sell help book called MAN UP! how to get real with yourself and God. Also follow up to Redemption Song called Revelations. Still doing rewrites for Beneath. I'm so proud and excited.

Fiction: Children's, Literary, Military/Espionage, Religious/Inspirational

Non-Fiction: Body, Mind & Spirit, Memoir/Narrative Non-fiction, Reference, Religion

I would love to be MALIK SHELTON from REDEMPTION SONG by MIGUEL TORRES. Socorates Fortlow from always outnumbered, always outgunned, or Landing Jefferies Trueblood from a civil war short story I wrote called Promised Land.

God, ME, Sonia Sanchez, Hurston, Morrison, Baldwin, Naim Akbar, Eldrige Cleaver, J. California Cooper, Maya Angelou, Kahlil Gibran, Langston, Hughes, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, T.D. Jakes, Michelle Mckinney Hammond,