Blessed & Curvy

What would you do if you took a picture of your child and saw a bright white glow in her eye? How would you feel if the eye doctor said: “Your child has eye cancer and will have emergency surgery to remove the tumor or one or both eyes?” This book tells the story of a 27-year-old deafblind female retinoblastoma cancer survivor through the eyes of the survivor and her mother. This book will inspire parents, guardians, and teenagers who are affected by childhood cancer or who are eye cancer survivors. Sometimes we have to look backward in order to move forward when going through tough times. It is not impossible to move forward with humor and resiliency. This book will show you how to do just that while stepping outside of your comfort zone. Learn how Zaakirah and her mother Khaidah, thrived through life after the rare cancer diagnosis. In this book, they share experiences and what they learned from living with bilateral retinoblastoma and hearing impairment....

We have the pleasure of interviewing political spoken word author Oscar Sanders to discuss his new book  Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry 1. What made you decide to write the book ? The void of true information and knowledge for young people that is necessary to embrace your future and understand that you are better off informed and part of the process to improve my quality of life than ignorant hypnotized by their cell phones! Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry a social justice spoken word book that delves into the system and processes of racism, discrimination, and inequality. Systemically, dark forces work daily to rollback the rights our ancestors fought for in an effort to chain our humane hopes of personal and professional success. So Exposing Politics is like a crusade for me to improve young consciousness and spur activism at large!  2. About the Author? I was born in the Bronx on September 10, 1960 to two loving a supportive ...

With My Hands Up I have never been a protester I have stayed under the radar Until today Today I am the one with my hands up Followed around the store I have enough money in my wallet to pay the salary of the cashier following me I am trying my best to stay in control Not guilty until proven innocent I know I haven’t done anything except walked into the store I realized that I had taken so much for granted I am the only one in the store that looks like me I notice that others are walking around the store No one is being followed Except…me I am walking down the aisle when I hear his voice “Did you find everything that you’re looking for?” “Well, yes I am quite aware of how to read I can find my way around a store” I notice backup is coming down the aisle “I haven’t done anything except walk in your store” As my voice goes up because I know my rights “I know that you’re following me!” Someone who you are thinking is guil...