Blessed & Curvy

Synopsis: The Noisy Classroom, a book about an unconventional classroom, is a story about change, uncertainty, and nontraditional learning.  Excerpt: Ms. Johnson's class is the noisy class in the school. When the doors are closed you can always hear music wafting into the hallway. When the narrator hears she'll be in Ms. Johnson's class next year she plans to run away to Antarctica. All summer she worries. All summer she plans her escape... but with September drawing near... what will she do? 7 complete questions  1. Who is Angela Shanté? I'm a teacher, poet, and writer. When I am not writing I work as an educational consultant and curriculum specialist. 2. How did you come to know you wanted to be a writer? I liked writing poetry as a kid. When I was in Middle School a teacher entered one of my poems into a contest that won me entry into a kids anthology book. There was a big ceremony and dinner at a college in New York and I, a girl who rarely left The Bronx, was b...

I Would Have Freed More If Only They Knew Looking into the eyes of my sisters I see fear I see that they have given up Running away wasn’t an option They were determined to stay Take the abuse Take the punishment I see her and I nod my head in acknowledgement Signaling that it’s okay to leave You don’t have to stay I have seen the makeup trying to cover the bruises I have heard you thrown up against the walls You might have tried to muffle the sound I heard each one out loud As you rush to work, dropping off the kids, and making sure your secret is kept I noticed that during lunch you are sitting in your car, never with a bite to eat Enjoying your solitude, I wonder where you are My sister, you don’t have to endure this pain I have an escape all planned out You say that you love him You can’t leave him That I don’t understand That he’s only being a man I look at you with disbelief I do understand more than you...

Love Don’t Live Here Anymore That used to be my favorite song sitting in my car, driving with the window down, and repeating each word like it was written just for me. As Valentine’s Day is approaching and I realized that you’re gone.   Thinking about the cards, candy and flowers that I received each year. Each year after you died unexpectedly I had to come to grips that I wouldn’t send you another card. I thought about the year I placed my order through ProFlower © for 3 dozen roses for my Mother.   I called her expecting to hear the excitement instead I heard disappointment because they were wilted. I placed another call for them to make it right and another 3 dozen arrived. She finally said send me the money and I will go to the grocery store because wherever you’re getting your roses they aren’t fresh.   Now I am disappointed and I place the third call this time I spoke with a supervisor and express my experience. They understood, showed em...

What can the readers of my books expect this year about the  latest book There Is Sunshine After The Rain? Synopsis  Sitting there with the pieces of your life around you, there seemed to be a pattern. There was faith, love, deceit, lust, and loss—in that order. You didn’t think you were deserving of love. That is why everything was being taken from you, and you were ready to give up on life. Through your poetry, faith, and learning from your past, you can rewrite the story. It was after coming through all the experiences and being stronger, you realized there is always a new chapter. The book will take you on the journey of a young girl growing up in Connecticut, who had to take some stumbles along the way to come into her own and realize instead of tearing herself down for the decisions she made, there is a lesson. Love is greater than anyone can imagine and can warm you like the sunshine after the rain. You went from the beginning, the journey, the...