The latest publication of Chicken Soup for the Soul highlights stories by Black women. “I’m Speaking Now, Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope” include 12 poems. One of the poems, “Breakfast in Northport’ written by spoken word poet, Zorina Exie Frey, gives a poised lesson on how to…
Category: Book Review
Escape! New Dark Romance Trilogy Novel
New #darkromance #trilogy #novel. #fiction #dystopia
Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” [Book Review]
Behold! A slightly different take on #MichelleObama ‘s book #Becoming
Thecla, a Dark Romance [Fiction]
I kicked him in the face when I first saw him. Now seeing him perched at the right hand of this man, this dictator they worshipped—Bishop Kato, they called him, all adorned in the finest sheepskin and whatever other animals he was wearing, made me want to kick him right off his man-made pedestal. “I…
The Medieval Vagina by Karen Harris and Lori Caskey-Sigety [Book Review]
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a woman in medieval times? No, let me rephrase: Have you ever wondered how women treated their periods in the medieval…uhm, period? Think about it. There were no tampons or maxi pads to soak up the monthly seepage and cotton was a high…
[Book Review] Bloodroots by B. Elae
“You were special before someone told you so.” These words appear almost halfway into Ms.Elae’s book of poetry, Bloodroots, forming the message and theme of so many of her poems: human worth and dignity, often hidden and unrecognized. Ms. Elae writes about addicts and victims of violence, plus people who have been lost and broken…
45 Magazine Women's Literary Journal 