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...

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 ...