Weathered Fragments Weathered Souls, Poems by J.L. Smith  chapbook  Opus, 2018  This collection of reflective, melancholy two dozen poems starts with "The Fragments You Carry" and ends with these lines from "Rocks (A Country in a Box)": the fragments you hold on to-- /the ones you did not want to leave behind. In these two poems and each one between, J.L. Smith travels across geographical and emotional terrain to excavate and catalogue her discoveries through countries, continents, seasons and phases of life. Readers are encouraged to do the same. The poet mixes mundane language with powerful imagery to conjure tension between life's daily grind and dreams.  The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris  fiction Simon & Schuster Audio, June 2021  The Manchurian Candidate, Stepford Wives and When No One Is Watching had a brilliant meta book baby about publishing, identity and life.  Me, My Hair And I by Elizabeth Benedict, editot + multiple contributors (inc

  The 4th annual The Write Women Book Fest is scheduled for Saturday, October 8, 2022!  Meanwhile, TWWBF2021 participants have plenty of bookish goodness to satisfy you until next year. Experience TWWBF2021 at your leisure.  https://www.thewritewomenbookfest.org/2021-event-schedule.html   Panels and interviews too!  https://www.thewritewomenbookfest.org/2021-panel-discussions.html   https://youtu.be/dQ5lIMx66Vo   https://youtu.be/Y36NtkC-aZk     Buy our participating authors' books at your favorite bookseller and/or borrow them from the nearest branch of Prince George's County Memorial Library System pgcmls.info if you're a resident of Prince George's County (or an "interlibrary loan" through Marina for Maryland residents outside of P.G. County).  Jayne Allen  Eden Appiah-Kubi  Camille Baker  Pamela D. Beverly  Cardyn Brooks  C. X Brooks  H.L. Brooks  Patricia A. Crews  F.M. Deemyad Tia Fanning  Marita Golden  Selina Goodman  Mijiza Green  Guy G. Gunn  Andrea

  W.I.S.E. Men (The Persistence of Memory #4)   Karen Janowsky, author & publisher    Speculative fiction   December 2020  W.I.S.E Men is the fourth installment of this genre-defying Persistence of Memory series but functions as a prequel that lays the foundation for the World Intelligence Security Endeavor. It's a romance as character study told on a sliding timeline between the 1990s and early 2000s moving between Somalia, across the United States, and other locations around the world.   Why is Kevin such a tool?   How did Rob Fischer amass his power?   These questions and more are answered through this author’s signature blend of emotional complexity, gallows humor, historical and pop culture context interspersed with a few high-stakes action scenes. W.I.S.E. Men is a true origin story that brings readers full-circle to the beginning of Déjà Vu. In some ways it works well as a stand-alone romance featuring multiple couples. Moments of superheroic campiness as inspired by the