Novedades

As a mom of four beautiful Black children, a small business owner, and a publisher, I felt that it was my duty to share the stories of those who have been impacted by racial injustices that have plagued our country since the beginning of its inception. I pray that as you read this collection of reflections, short stories, and poetry that you are motivated to help change the narrative of what it is like to be Black in America. I present to you: Speak up... We deserve to be heard. Stories and reflections on being Black in America. - Visionary Author: Chanel E. Martin “I feel like I’m ...

Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives.

Me n Mikey was written when the author was 80 years old and wanted to explain the time from his juvenile delinquent youth until he married when he was 29 years old. The character Mikey was created to make the journeys the author experienced growing up to distinguish between the youth that he was and the adult he was to become. But Mikey, the Monster, was to come back and sit on the author's shoulder for years to come after the book was published. This is an updated and revised edition of the original and more notations.